Enviro News Asia, Bali — Bali is taking concrete steps to strengthen climate action by transforming greenhouse gas emissions data into a practical roadmap for low-carbon development, marking a significant shift from reporting obligations toward evidence-based policymaking.
The initiative underscores Indonesia’s broader commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which, according to officials, can only be achieved through credible, accurate, and verifiable data. Speaking at the event, Mitta Ratna Juwita, Director of Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Indonesia, emphasized that emissions inventories are a critical foundation for green development.
She stressed that greenhouse gas inventories are not merely administrative requirements, but key instruments that determine whether Indonesia is genuinely progressing toward sustainable, low-emission development pathways. Reliable data, she noted, enables informed decision-making at both provincial and national levels, ensuring climate mitigation policies are grounded in measurable evidence.
Beyond emissions accounting, Bali is also prioritizing waste management as a central component of its emissions reduction strategy. Rapid tourism growth and urban expansion have made landfill management a critical issue, particularly in reducing methane emissions, one of the most potent contributors to global warming.
Officials highlighted efforts to shift from open dumping practices to controlled landfills, improve leachate management, and utilize landfill gas as a potential renewable energy source. These measures are expected to significantly curb methane emissions while contributing to cleaner energy solutions.
Climate action in Bali is being reinforced through collaboration between the Provincial Forestry and Environment Office and the Bali-Nusa Tenggara Environmental Control Center under KLH/BPLH. The partnership focuses on strengthening technical capacity, data collection systems, and reporting mechanisms aligned with Indonesia’s commitments under the Paris Agreement.
At the provincial level, the Bali Provincial Environment and Forestry Office has intensified capacity-building for its greenhouse gas inventory teams and expanded the use of the SIGNSMART digital application to ensure data accuracy and consistency.
According to Ida Bagus Kadek Wiranegara, Head of the Division for Waste, Hazardous Waste, Pollution Control, and Environmental Damage Management, the annual inventory process runs from February to September and includes data input, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation stages.
In 2025, five of Bali’s nine regencies and municipalities—Denpasar City, Buleleng, Gianyar, Jembrana, and Tabanan—had completed their greenhouse gas inventory reports, while the remaining four were still in progress.
With increasing participation from local governments and continuous improvements in waste management practices, Bali aims to position itself not only as a contributor to Indonesia’s climate targets, but also as a model for data-driven climate action across the country.
