G20 Agreement

Koran-Jakarta.com wrote about the leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) countries, on Saturday (9/9), agreeing to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030 as a requirement to stop the use of coal-fired power plants gradually, but failed to set a major climate target. G20 member countries together account for more than 80 percent of global emissions and the group's cumulative efforts to decarbonize are critical to the global fight against climate change. The G20 has agreed that "national circumstances" will be taken into account in phasing out "coal power", but has made no mention of reducing the use of crude oil, suggesting that countries such as oil-rich Saudi Arabia will prevail in the negotiations. IESR Senior Analyst, Raditya Yudha Wiranegara, stated that CFPPs scattered around Jakarta are contributors to high pollution in Jakarta. There are at least eight CFPPs surrounding Jakarta, such as in the east of Jakarta (Suralaya CFPP, Lontar CFPP, Banten CFPP) and in the west (Cirebon 1 and 2 CFPP, Batang CFPP, Tanjung Jati CFPP). Based on the CREA and IESR studies, there are five CFPPs that are considered to have the greatest impact on health, measured by the number of deaths caused and health costs. including Batang CFPP, Lontar CFPP, Cirebon 1 and 2 CFPP, Cilacap CFPP which is connected to the Java-Bali electricity network which is currently in oversupply status. If in the future the five CFPPs are considered for retirement, it should reduce air pollution in Jakarta. However, there are concerns from PLN regarding early retirement, whether it will cause instability in the network because most of the CFPPs on this list are in the west where the load is highest in western Java.

 

Antara.com wrote about the Jabodetabek Region Air Pollution and Control Task Force of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) increasing the intensity of supervision. One of them is by preparing multi-layered legal steps against activities suspected of being a source of air pollution in Jabodetabek. The targets of industrial activities that are monitored are activities that have the potential to cause air pollution or public reports. Covers coal stockpiles, CFPPs, factories that operate CFPPs and boilers, food, pulp and paper, plastics, textiles, metal smelting, chemical industry, glass, concrete, and plastic manufacturing. According to him, the task force has temporarily suspended and sealed 13 industrial activities. As well as giving administrative sanctions to eight industrial activities, and in the process of administrative sanctions to nine industrial activities. Chairman of the Ratio Task Force, Ridho Sani, said that in following up on the results of supervision, he said, the task force used all law enforcement instruments within the authority of the MoEF. Including regional governments to stop air pollution and ordering the Director of Criminal Law Enforcement to immediately carry out an investigation and investigation process. As well as ordering the Director of Dispute Resolution to prepare a civil lawsuit for environmental compensation using an absolute responsibility approach.