New data published by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) reveals that the overall 2023 air pollution levels in Jakarta were arguably the worst since 2019. Despite improvements between 2020 and 2022, the rise of pollution in 2023 is a notable setback. Over 29 million people …
Idyllic scenes of palm trees swaying over sandy beaches have long decorated brochures meant to lure tourists to Indonesia and Malaysia. But few visitors see the giant palm plantations away from the shore. Each year, the plantations produce millions of tons of palm oil, which has soared in popularity since …
Major developing nations have announced steps over the past year to curb their growing greenhouse emissions as the world tries to negotiate a broader, and tougher, U.N. pact to slow the pace of climate change. Rich nations have demanded China, India, Brazil and others to set binding emissions reduction targets …
Rich nations are diverting aid from other causes to pay to help poor countries fight the growing impact of climate change, according to this Oxfam report released on 16th Sept 09. In 2000, at the UN Millennium Summit, the international community agreed a historic set of goals aimed at freeing …
Asia Pulp and Paper, one of the largest paper producers in Asia, said on Thursday it has no immediate plans to expand its two Indonesian pulp mills and would only do so if it secured sustainably produced timber. The Indonesia-based company, known by its initials APP, is a target for …
Confusing and conflicting regulations are scaring away investors from Indonesia's fledgling forest carbon credit scheme aimed at curbing deforestation, lawyers said on Monday. A U.N.-backed scheme called reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) could potentially unlock billions of dollars in annual carbon credit sales for developing nations that protect …
NEW DELHI: India and Indonesia have agreed in principle to form a joint working group (JWG) for exploration and acquisition of coal assets abroad, Union Coal Minister Sripakash Jaiswal said here after his meeting with visiting Indonesian Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, who is leading a delegation to …
Rescue workers on Friday pulled several bodies from the rubble of a giant landslide, lifting the death toll from a powerful earthquake to 64. Dozens more people were still missing and feared dead. The number of houses recorded as destroyed or damaged in Wednesday
Rescuers in Indonesia continued digging on Friday to reach dozens buried by a major earthquake that killed at least 63 people as anger mounted at the slow response from authorities. The police and troops cleared boulders and mounds of earth in the village of Cikangkareng south of the capital Jakarta …
The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Indonesia, which killed at least 42 people and forced thousands to flee buildings, is likely to rise, government agencies said early on Thursday morning. The 7.0 magnitude quake shook buildings in the capital Jakarta on Wednesday afternoon and flattened homes in villages …
This discussion paper presents some early findings from the study on Emerging Asia contribution on issues of technology for Copenhagen. It is part of an ongoing research and dialogue among five key Asian developing countries, namely China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. The objective is to contribute to the forthcoming …
Jayajit Dash / Bhubaneswar August 28, 2009, 0:33 IST Over 100 global mining companies from countries like Australia, US, Indonesia and South Africa have evinced interest in entering into a strategic partnership with the state-run Coal India Ltd (CIL), the world
Temperature reconstructions for the surface of the Northern Hemisphere are based largely on terrestrial records from extra-tropical or high-elevation sites, despite the fact that global average surface temperature changes closely follow those of the global tropics, which are 75 per cent ocean. Here, a decadally resolved continuous sea surface temperature …
A stand of young redwoods, survivors in what was once a magnificent forest of towering giants, could play a small part of the battle to slow global warming -- and forms part of an emerging market. The trees, which trap quantities of the carbon dioxide that is warming the planet, …
Indonesia appeared to bat away offers from other Southeast Asian countries to help stop haze pollution on Wednesday, leaving the region facing worsening skies as a result of a brewing El Nino weather pattern. Worried about the potential impact, environment ministers of the region met on Wednesday in Singapore to …
Climate change will affect urban workers the most, according to a study modelling the effects of climate change in 16 developing countries. The survey examined the potential economic influence of adverse climate events, such as heat waves, drought and heavy rains, on seven socioeconomic groups. Poverty will be increased across …
Few things seem to happen at speed in this sleepy Java town where rickshaws ply the streets. But this rural area of rice fields and teak forests is set to be transformed by Indonesia's biggest oil find in years. Oil production could start to flow from the huge Cepu field …
India perhaps has the highest retail density in the world. Economies of scale drive the retail sector towards rapid growth in terms of size of outlets and dominance in geographical and product markets, posing challenges for preservation of genuine competition. Growth in size also has consequences for manufacturers, wholesalers and …
Uncontrolled fires across Indonesia burn large areas of peatland and create vast palls of smoke on an almost annual basis. This has devastating effect on wildlife, human health, the economy and climate. Yet, more than 10 years after the massive fires of 1997-98 grabbed international headlines, the problem is still …
Indonesia may cut subsidies for fossil fuels and introduce policies requiring state electricity firm PLN to use renewable energy sources for part of its supply within a year, a senior environment official said Monday. Ranked the world's third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in a 2007 World Bank report, Indonesia is …
