Approaches on implementing innovations to achieving faster progress on air quality improvement in

DKI Jakarta, Indonesia.

Pun V1 , Mungkasa O2 , Lestari P3 , Kusuma R1 , Tang L1 , Mehta S4 , Kass D4 , Matte T4 1 Vital

Strategies, 2 Deputy Governor’s office for Spatial Planning and Environment, 3 Institut Teknologi
Bandung, 4 Vital Strategies

TPS 641: Policies, interventions, communication, Exhibition Hall, Ground floor,

August 28, 2019, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Air pollution levels in DKI Jakarta, capital city region of Indonesia, are high and rising, posing a
serious public health threat to 32 million residents. In 2017, the annual average concentration for
particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 micron (PM2.5) was 41 ug/ m3; daily
concentrations rarely meet the World Health Organization’s health-based air quality standard of 25
ug/m3. The current official air pollution monitoring conducted in Jakarta is inadequate: PM2.5 is not
monitored nor have there been recent assessments of particle composition to inform source
apportionment. These limitations and a lack of reliable emissions inventories and regional air
pollution data are barriers to planning and implementing greater control of air pollution in DKI
Jakarta. In 2018, the Governor’s office announced “Grand Design: Air Pollution for a Healthy Livable
City” to carry out a multi-stakeholder assessment and planning process to produce
recommendations for air quality improvement in Jakarta. This talk highlights approaches to
combining strategic use of innovations in air pollution monitoring, emissions estimation and source
apportionment modeling to inform near-term control measures for priority sources at a local and
regional level in Jakarta. Topics to be addressed will include: emerging results from source
apportionment work underway to identify leading PM2.5 sources in the metropolitan area, an
innovative strategy for improving monitoring, the policy implications of emerging local data on air
pollution and stunting, and the challenges of addressing both local pollution sources within direct
control of DKI Jakarta and transported pollution from sources such as episodic haze from peatland
fires.