With Collaboration, Jakarta Can Battle Climate Change
Climate change is a universal problem with unprecedented scale and impact. Since humans are responsible for the changing climate and its effects, we must ensure our actions do not cause further damage to our environment. The clock is ticking—the time to act is now.
In our city of Jakarta, we are learning the lessons of climate change the hard way. Extreme weather and flooding have been perennial problems, and over the years, they have become more frequent and severe. The longer-than-usual dry season (musim kemarau) degrades air quality, and changes in weather patterns threaten our food supply, exacerbating sea level rise and flooding. Climate change also poses socio-economic risks, such as disruptions to our children’s school activities due to floods. These effects are not easily measured, but they are critical to the long-term development and well-being of our people.
Jakarta is one of the largest cities in Southeast Asia, with 10 to 14 million residents commuting on a typical workday. As the capital city of Indonesia and the largest economic contributor to the nation, it accounted for no less than 17% of the national GDP in 2019. This places great expectations on Jakarta, as other cities in Indonesia and the wider region look to it as a center of economic activity and leadership.
Jakarta Regeneration Plan
To tackle the unprecedented climate crisis, the Jakarta city government has introduced the Jakarta Regeneration Plan, a series of collaborative climate action strategies that build on the collective efforts of government, businesses, non-profit organizations, and the community. The plan seeks to transform our infrastructure and urban spatial policies to ensure sustainable community development, with a focus on the transportation sector, which contributes more than half of Jakarta’s climate-damaging emissions.
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