Indonesia flagEnvironment & Sustainability Guide

Air quality, green spaces, and environmental policies in Indonesia

Indonesia faces significant environmental challenges including escalating climate disasters, deforestation, and high GHG emissions primarily from land-use change. With stable air quality trends but rising extreme weather events like floods and heatwaves, sustainability efforts are hindered by stalled reforms and fossil fuel dependence, despite NDC commitments for net zero by 2060.

Air Quality Index

Moderate
5.0/10
Stable trend

Air quality in Indonesia shows stable trends per database data, but emissions from fossil fuels and land-use contribute to pollution. Public concern is high, with 48% believing renewable shift improves air quality, above global average.

Water Quality

Moderate
5.0/10

Water quality faces risks from floods and pollution, with recent Jakarta flooding in March 2025 inundating hospitals and homes. Access and treatment standards challenged by climate impacts and urbanization.

Limited data on safety; disasters exacerbate contamination risks.

Recycling System

Recycling infrastructure data unavailable in database; national efforts limited amid waste management challenges from disasters and urbanization.

Green Spaces

Deforestation surged to 470,000 hectares by October 2025, with Sumatra as hotspot; Papua forests redesignated for agriculture, threatening biodiversity.

Forest Coverage: 35.5%
Moratorium on new concessions exists but enforcement weak amid palm oil expansion.

Environmental Policies

Second NDC targets 31.89% unconditional emissions reduction by 2030, net zero by 2060; rated critically insufficient, with rising emissions projected.

Key Policies:
  • Second NDC 2025
  • Paris Agreement Ratification
  • JETP for renewables
Renewable Energy: Needs 55-82% renewables by 2030 for 1.5°C alignment.

Natural Disaster Risk

HIGH

High risk from floods, landslides, earthquakes; 6,827 climate disasters 2023-2024 affected 13M people. Sumatra floods Nov 2025 deadly; Jakarta floods Mar 2025 evacuated thousands.

floodslandslidesearthquakesdroughts
Climate Change Impacts: Temperature hit 38.4°C Oct 2024; glaciers shrank from 2.4 km² (2000) to 0.23 km² (2021), vanishing by 2026. Floods/landslides up due to deforestation; 4,057 floods Java/Bali 2013-2022. Precipitation extremes rising, sea level impacts coastal areas.

Sustainability Initiatives

Renewable Energy

JETP enhances ambition but short of 1.5°C pathway; targets 55-82% renewables by 2030 with international support.

Emissions Reduction

Second NDC aims 31.89% reduction by 2030 unconditional; emissions declined 0.72% YoY Feb 2025.

Wildlife & Nature

Sumatran OrangutanCritically Endangered
Javan RhinoCritically Endangered
Bornean Clouded LeopardEndangered