“In Indonesia and many parts of the world, climate and hydrometeorological disasters at an unprecedented scale are happening, resulting in a great number of victims and financial losses,” Leonard Simanjuntak, Greenpeace country director for Indonesia, said at the Goethe Institute Jakarta on Dec. 14, 2022. 

The scale is predicted to keep on escalating if we do not rein in the main cause of the problem, which is carbon emissions. 

Carbon dioxide emissions have increased exponentially from year to year. According to Ourworldindata.org, the world emitted six billion tonnes of CO₂ in 1950. The number almost quadrupled in 1990 with the global carbon emissions amounting to 22 billion tonnes.

Last year, the world emitted 37.12 billion tonnes of CO₂ emissions, precipitating global warming at an alarming level. 

Indonesia also plays a part in this grave problem. In 2021, the country generated approximately 619.28 million tonnes of CO₂, with Jakarta contributing a major portion of the emissions. 

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