As part of sustainable efforts to strengthen and drive climate action in Muslim-majority Indonesia, global social impact agency Purpose conducted a survey on the perception and attitude of Indonesian Muslims on climate issues. The results revealed several significant insights, including their perception of religious leaders as the most trusted climate messengers.
2 days agoOnce a familiar sight in wetlands across the archipelago, the iconic duck known as ‘mentok rimba’ is disappearing fast, driven largely by habitat loss and hunting.
5 days ago"Today... rainfall is high. It's okay for planting, but it's uncertain for harvesting. It's often unpredictable," farmer Jauhar Mahmud, 61, told AFP.
6 days agoThe future of Indonesian manufacturing lies in the development of industrial estates to support the growth of the sector. Such estates provide more efficient use of infrastructure and manufacturing facilities to enhance production while minimizing environmental impacts.
2 years agoOur findings indicate that more than 7 percent of Gen X, millennials and Gen Z (equivalent to 14 million of Indonesians) are enthusiastic about investing in green projects.
2 years agoIndonesia’s climate targets are “critically insufficient,” said a global climate research consortium, despite the country’s renewed emission target.
2 years agoThe environment ministry and USAID are committed to launching a new climate partnership in early 2023, with funding of up to US$50 million, to help Indonesia's forestry sector achieve its 2030 carbon sink target.
2 years agoThe beloved big cat, often sighted around the city's Griffith Park, was euthanized Saturday, wildlife officials said.
2 years agoPresident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has signed a regulation that details new safety and security requirements for businesses seeking to mine nuclear materials in the country.
2 years agoBut environmentalists warn damming Poyang Lake, a winter stopover for over half a million birds, would threaten the fragile ecosystem and the endangered birds and other wildlife it supports.
2 years agoThe group signed similar deals last year with South Africa and last month with Indonesia.
2 years agoThe thorny issue of how much money wealthy countries are willing to pony up to protect the world's remaining biodiversity took center stage Wednesday at UN talks in Montreal aimed at creating a "peace pact with nature."
2 years agoThe company managing the Widi Reserve, officials claimed, had not obtained the proper licenses to proceed with the Sotheby's auction, including a utilization permit that would address environmental concerns.
2 years agoFires scorched almost two million acres of territory in Brazil in November, according to data released by an NGO group Wednesday, nearly 90 percent more than in the same month last year.
2 years agoGlobal research coalition Climate Action Tracker (CAT) categorises Indonesia’s climate goals as “Critically Insufficient”, which means they are far from enough to curb global warming.
2 years agoAnnounced at the COP15 talks on biodiversity in Montreal, the Sustainable Critical Minerals Alliance would support these standards for elements like lithium, cobalt and nickel.
2 years agoWith over 700,000 followers on TikTok, the Pandawara Group puts waste problems under the spotlight, inspiring others to care for the environment.
2 years agoAnimal bones lie along the trails and emaciated trees with yellowing leaves bear witness to the impact of the worst drought in 40 years.
2 years agoChilean scientists have warned of declining bee populations, threatened by agricultural pesticides and the impacts of climate change.
2 years agoDiligent lobbying of the women ulema and their persuasive arguments have earned them frequent audiences with decisionmakers, energizing Indonesia’s civil society movement with their mastery of Islam in the face of authorities and loud conservative voices.
2 years agoFictional films and TV have immense power to shift attitudes on political issues, yet they remain little-used in debates over climate change.
2 years agoA few weeks ago, Indonesia and Egypt were again in the global spotlight. They hosted global meetings that could hopefully reverberate for years to come and transform climate commitments into real action.
2 years agoRocketing energy bills are forcing Hungary to shutter libraries, theatres, swimming pools and even its new football stadiums for winter.
2 years agoHawaii's Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, has erupted for the first time in nearly 40 years.
2 years agoChile's massive Atacama desert is a unique and fragile ecosystem that experts say is being threatened by piles of trash dumped there from around the world.
2 years agoAs young people, we are worried about a crisis that we did not create but one that we have to live with.
2 years agoUnder the shadow of the global inflation crisis and the Ukraine war, governments and companies have refrained from making big promises during the first week of United Nations climate conference (COP27) negotiations.
2 years agoFour years after launching her School Strike for the Climate, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is ready to pass the baton to those on the front lines of climate change, she said in an interview on Monday.
2 years agoThe growth of the tourism industry is one of the drivers of the massive land conversion.
2 years agoAlexandria, Egypt's fabled second city and its biggest port, is in danger of disappearing below the waves within decades.
2 years agoFrom his unique viewpoint hundreds of kilometers above Earth, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet told AFP he felt helpless watching fires rage across the planet below, calling for more to be done to protect this fragile "island of life".
2 years agoPassed down for generations, some believe that local Batak wisdom is the solution to deforestation.
2 years agoAmartya Sen, for instance, calls for broadening the term "development" beyond the current narrow focus on economic measures such as GDP, thus it should rather be viewed in terms of the real “freedoms” that people can enjoy such as economic facilities and social opportunities.
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