Indonesia
Jakarta
Visitors look at the National Monument (Monas) against a backdrop of air pollution, from the balcony of the National Library on Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan on Sunday in Central Jakarta. (JP/Iqro Rinaldi)
As urban air pollution continues to travel across Greater Jakarta, threatening public health and burdening the economy, authorities in the region are facing greater pressure to establish an integrated framework to tackle mounting borderless pollutants.Greater Jakarta has long been plagued by severe smog that forces its 42 million residents to breathe unhealthy air almost every day.
On Sunday afternoon, the level of microscopic toxic particles known as PM2.5 reached around 66 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m3) in Jakarta, according to data from Swiss-based air quality monitoring company IQAir. The PM2 level was around 13 times higher than the safety limit set by the World Health Organization (WHO).
