Topic: 2025 – Impact of Climate Change on Air Quality
Country: Indonesia
Delegate Name: Sophia Schafer
Country: Indonesia
Delegate: Sophia Schafer
School: Williamston High School
Committee: UNEP
Topic: Impact of Climate Change on Air Quality
The Republic of Indonesia recognizes that climate change and unsustainable resource consumption have become major contributors to deteriorating air quality worldwide. As an island nation, we are highly vulnerable to rising sea levels, extreme weather, forest fires, and other such terrible effects of climate change. Indonesia understands the immediate threat posed by increased air pollution to public health, ecosystems, and economic stability. Climate change has increased haze events across Southeast Asia, caused by rising temperatures, agricultural burning, and forest loss. Rapid industrialization and population growth also place significant pressure on natural resources and contribute to ozone and greenhouse gas emissions. Indonesia believes that improving air quality must be addressed simultaneously among nations, along with reducing unsustainable consumption patterns and mitigating climate impacts.
In the past, Indonesia has adopted many strategies to slow down the impact of climate change on Air Quality, such as implementing the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement, which targets reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and forest loss. Indonesia has also expanded the use of renewable energy, including geothermal, hydro, and solar power, and has been working to transition to cleaner fuel standards. Indonesia also has enforcement measures to reduce illegal burning, improve peatland management, and protect vital rainforests. Finally, we have established national air-quality monitoring systems and public health initiatives to address pollution-related illness. Indonesia recognizes the gravity of the situation and is taking major steps to address air pollution and climate change. We are a very vulnerable nation to climate change, and we are willing to work with any country that will help us reduce its impact on air quality.
Indonesia proposes many resolutions to this terrible situation, such as a global air quality monitoring and transparency network that would enable countries, especially developing nations, to access real-time data, modeling tools, and forecasting capabilities, and proposes strengthening international support for forest conservation within our country and peatland restoration. This includes funding mechanisms, satellite monitoring, and community-based sustainability programs within our countries. Indonesia also believes in creating a sustainable resource-consumption framework that will encourage our circular-economy policies, reduce waste, and promote responsible extraction practices. Indonesia would also like to advance international cooperation on renewable energy between countries, including through technology-sharing agreements and accessible financing for clean energy developing and developed countries. Finally, Indonesia proposes a health-focused climate policy that recognizes poor air quality as a public health emergency, and it will support research on respiratory disease, pollution exposure, and climate-related health risks that currently plague Indonesia. We firmly believe that protecting air quality is inseparable from addressing climate change and resource consumption. Through global solidarity, equitable financing, and sustainable development practices, the international community can ensure cleaner air and a safer climate for future generations.
