- Title: Indonesians mask-up as Jakarta tops world's most polluted city list
- Date: 9th August 2023
- Summary: VARIOUS OF IQAIR WEBSITE SHOWING JAKARTA AIR QUALITY RANKING AMONG OTHER WORLD CITIES (RANKING FLUCTUATES EVERY TEN MINUTES/ IT WAS NUMBER 1 IN THE LIST AT 1421GMT ON AUGUST 9))
- Embargoed: 23rd August 2023 13:11
- Keywords: Indonesia Jakarta air diseases pollution quality respiratory smog traffic
- Location: JAKARTA, INDONESIA
- City: JAKARTA, INDONESIA
- Country: Indonesia
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Pollution,Environment
- Reuters ID: LVA002330409082023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Indonesia's capital Jakarta topped the list as the world's most polluted city on Wednesday (August 9), having consistently ranked among the 10 most polluted cities globally since May, according to data by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir.
Jakarta, which has a population of over 10 million, registers unhealthy air pollution levels nearly every day, according to IQAir. Although it is not number one every day on IQair's list of most polluted city it's historic air quality graph shows it is consistently in the top 10.
Jakarta residents have long complained of toxic air from chronic traffic, industrial smoke and coal-fired power plants. Some of them launched and won a civil lawsuit in 2021 demanding the government take action to control air pollution.
The court at the time ruled President Joko Widodo must establish national air quality standards to protect human health, and the health minister and Jakarta governor must devise strategies to control air pollution.
Still, Nathan Roestandy, co-founder of air quality app Nafas Indonesia, said the pollution level has continued to deteriorate.
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