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January 5, 2024

Jakarta Post Editorial - January 5, 2024

Jakarta – Our hearts go out to the people and government of Japan who have been impacted by the magnitude-7.6 earthquake and subsequent tsunami on New Year's Day.

January 4, 2024

Jakarta Globe - January 4, 2024

Roy Adriansyah, Jakarta – A heavy rain spell during Thursday afternoon's rush hour caused floods in various areas in Jakarta, including the upscale residential complex in Kemang.

Jakarta Post - January 4, 2024

Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry has temporarily closed Fransiskus Xaverius Seda Airport, the main airport serving East Nusa Tenggara's second-largest city Maumere on Flores Island

January 3, 2024

Jakarta Globe - January 3, 2024

Bernardus Wijayaka, Jakarta – A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Banten and its vicinity on Wednesday at 07:53 AM.

January 2, 2024

Jakarta Globe - January 2, 2024

Whisnu Bagus Prasetyo, Kupang – Frans Seda Maumere Airport in Sikka Regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), has been temporarily closed for flights to and from Maumere since Monday due to th

Tempo - January 2, 2024

Antara, Sumedang, West Java – The 4.8-magnitude earthquake in Sumedang district on Sunday evening damaged 248 houses and forced 456 residents to seek refuge elsewhere, acting West Java

December 29, 2023

Tempo - December 29, 2023

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – North Aceh Regency has been hit by flooding since Sunday, Dec.

Jakarta Post - December 29, 2023

Jakarta – Young people across Indonesia are standing up to fight for their futures amid anxiety about the climate crisis and the environmental destruction that will threaten their lives

December 27, 2023

Tempo - December 27, 2023

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – The issue of carbon capture and storage and CCS was debated by Gibran Rakabuming and Mahfud Md during the vice presidential debate last Friday.

Jakarta Post - December 27, 2023

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto attended on Tuesday an event to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the Aceh tsunami disaster with former president Susilo Bambang Yudh

December 24, 2023

Tempo - December 24, 2023

Antara, Jakarta – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has identified five Indonesian provinces with a high potential for wet hydrometeorological disasters such as floods and

December 14, 2023

Tempo - December 14, 2023
Antara, Jakarta – Mount Anak Krakatau in South Lampung Regency, Lampung erupted, ejecting volcanic ash that reached 1,000 kilometers in height.

The officer at Karakatu Observation Post J

Jakarta Post Editorial - December 14, 2023

Jakarta – A transition away from fossil fuels seems as good as a commitment as you can expect from the 198 countries taking part in the United Nations climate conference which wrapped u

December 11, 2023

Tempo - December 11, 2023

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia was granted the honor to head the 34 states-membered Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC), said the Ad-interim Coordinating Minister of Maritime and Investmen

December 7, 2023

Jakarta Post - December 7, 2023

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo promised to commit to reducing extractive industries in East Kalimantan, during his campaign in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, on Tuesday.

CNN Indonesia - December 7, 2023

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has laughed upon hearing that environmental activists walked out on him on December 1 when he was giving a speech at the COP28 Climate Conferenc

December 5, 2023

Associated Press - December 5, 2023

Batu Palano – Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia's Mount Marapi volcano found more bodies among the climbers caught by a surprise eruption two days ago, raising the nu

December 4, 2023

Jakarta Post - December 4, 2023

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's call for more support from rich countries for their developing counterparts in tackling the climate crisis has left environmentalists unimpres

Agence-France Presse - December 4, 2023

Jakarta – At least 11 hikers were found dead and three others were rescued by search teams that worked through the night to find people missing after the eruption of a volcano in West S

Jakarta Post - December 4, 2023

Apriadi Gunawan, Humbang Hasundutan, North Sumatra – Search and rescue efforts continued on Monday for 10 people who went missing after a flash flood hit Simangalumpe village in Humbang

December 3, 2023

Reuters - December 3, 2023

Jakarta – One person died and 11 were missing after flash floods hit near Lake Toba in Indonesia's North Sumatra province, the country's disasters agency BNPB said, with scores of peopl

November 30, 2023

Tempo - November 30, 2023

Antara, Jakarta – Several neighborhoods in Kebon Pala, Kampung Melayu Sub-district, Jatinegara District, East Jakarta were flooded due to Ciliwung River overflows on Thursday, Nov.

Modern Diplomacy - November 30, 2023

Gracia Ayni Warella – Indonesia stands as one of the top greenhouse gas emitters in the world.

November 29, 2023

The Associated Press - November 29, 2023

Edna Tarigan and Fadlan Syam, Jakarta – Against the backdrop of smokestacks from a nearby coal power plant, the sky above Edy Suryana's village stays grey for months at a time, while as

November 28, 2023

Tempo - November 28, 2023

Antara, Jakarta – Mount Anak Krakatau, an Indonesian volcano located in the waters of the Sunda Strait, South Lampung, erupted again on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, at 11:38 a.m.

November 25, 2023

Jakarta Post Editorial - November 25, 2023

Jakarta – Justice seems to have been served as the Supreme Court upheld last week the punishments handed down to the central government and Jakarta government for failing to cope with t

November 23, 2023

Tempo - November 23, 2023

Antara, Suka Makmue – The Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) of Nagan Raya Regency, Aceh, recorded that 41 villages spread across nine sub-districts were flooded with water leve

Tempo - November 23, 2023

Muhammad Iqbal, Jakarta – Hundreds of houses in Pesona Serpong Housing, Setu District, South Tangerang City, were flooded on Wednesday as the levels of Cisadane River rose and overflowe

Tempo - November 23, 2023

Antara, Jakarta – The Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment established collaboration with Bloomberg Philanthropies and ViriyaENB to improve air quality in the Great

November 22, 2023

Jakarta Post - November 22, 2023

Jakarta – Many survivors of last year's 5.6-magnitude earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, remain homeless as they prefer to live in emergency tents and shelters despite having received fi

November 21, 2023

Jakarta Post - November 21, 2023

Nur Janti, Jakarta – As Jakarta enters the rainy season this month, the city administration has started preparing for floods by dredging rivers, forming a team of first responders and u

Tempo - November 21, 2023

Jakarta (Antara) – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) reported that a prolonged drought in Java could trigger landslides when it rains.

November 20, 2023

Jakarta Post - November 20, 2023

Jakarta – Civil society groups have urged authorities to act seriously in improving Jakarta's air quality after the Supreme Court rejected the central government's appeal against a ruli

November 18, 2023

Tempo - November 18, 2023

Aisyah Amira Wakang, Jakarta – The Coalition for the Clean Air Initiative or Koalisi Ibukota hailed the Supreme Court's decision to reject the cassation filed by President Joko Widodo o

Sinar Harapan - November 18, 2023

Banjar Chaeruddin – The City and Universe Clean Air Initiative Coalition (Ibukota) is asking President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to immediately implement the court ruling on improving air qu

November 15, 2023

Tempo - November 15, 2023

Jamal Abdun Nashr, Jakarta – Floods have wreaked havoc in a number of areas in Semarang City, Central Java, since Tuesday evening, November 14, including Jalan Kaligawe in the Gayamsari

November 10, 2023

Tempo - November 10, 2023

Erwin Prima, Jakarta – Climate Central, a nonprofit science research group, released its latest report stating that the last 12 months on Earth, from November 2022 to October 2023, were

November 6, 2023

Jakarta Post - November 6, 2023

Jakarta – Heavy rain over the weekend led to flooding in some parts of Depok, West Java, as piles of garbage blocked the city's waterways.

November 3, 2023

Jakarta Post - November 3, 2023

Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has warned of potential drought and pest attacks on crops as a result of the El Nino and Indian Ocean Dipole (

Mongabay - November 3, 2023

Lusia Arumingtyas, Jakarta – Indonesian environmental activist Gita Syahrani, who has worked for years to push local governments to adopt sustainable economic policies, has been named a

Jakarta Post - November 3, 2023

Jakarta – A magnitude 6.1 earthquake rocked Timor island on Thursday, damaging houses and government offices in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara.

November 1, 2023

Tempo - November 1, 2023

Antara, Jakarta – Denpasar's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported that the drought in Bali has spread from 26 districts to 35 districts in November 2023.

October 31, 2023

Jakarta Post Editorial - October 31, 2023

Jakarta – In the past few weeks, passengers arriving at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, received an unfriendly welcome in the form of thick smoke during landi

Jakarta Post - October 31, 2023

Jakarta – As Indonesia transitions from the dry season to the rainy season, Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) head Dwikorita Karnawati issued a warning to the public

October 29, 2023

Bernama - October 29, 2023

Mohd Iswandi, Kasan Anuar, Jakarta – Two individuals have been rescued, but three others remain missing in a landslide that occurred on the Sumatra-Aceh road in Subulussalam City, Aceh

October 26, 2023

Jakarta Post - October 26, 2023

Jakarta – Indonesia is grappling with unusually high temperatures believed to be the result of El Nino.

Jakarta Post - October 26, 2023

Jakarta – The South Tangerang region of Banten has set a record high temperature for October, reaching 39.4 degrees Celsius in the last twenty days of the month, as reported by the nati

October 20, 2023

Coconuts Bali - October 20, 2023

The Bali administration has issued a state of emergency set to span the next two weeks, responding to the mounting drought crisis in the region.

October 18, 2023

Tempo - October 18, 2023

Maria Fransisca Lahur, Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported the highest daily temperature in Indonesia from 7 a.m. on October 16 to 7 a.m.

October 15, 2023

Jakarta Globe - October 15, 2023

Happy Amanda Amalia, Oslo – Indonesia is urging Norway to expedite a $250 million (Rp 3.9 trillion) investment commitment to accelerate the tropical rainforest country's decarbonization