Communications and Awareness Strategies: Raising awareness about the health impacts of coal in Indonesia

The document highlights a gap in Indonesian public perception where coal is not recognized as a primary driver of air pollution, despite the country producing 60 per cent of its electricity from coal. It suggests that replicating awareness-raising strategies from India and China could empower Indonesian civil society to demand health-prioritizing policies and the reduction of fossil fuel combustion.

• In Indonesia, while the public recognizes the impact of transportation emissions and deforestation fires on air quality, coal is not yet viewed as a primary cause of air pollution, nor is the link between air pollution and specific diseases widely understood.

APA

,, N. Q. (2019). Communications and Awareness Strategies: Raising awareness about the health impacts of coal in Indonesia. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/communications-and-awareness-strategies-raising-awareness-about-health-impacts

Chicago

,, Nina Quintas. Communications and Awareness Strategies: Raising awareness about the health impacts of coal in Indonesia. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2019. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/communications-and-awareness-strategies-raising-awareness-about-health-impacts.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{2019communications, author = {,, Nina Quintas}, title = {{Communications and Awareness Strategies: Raising awareness about the health impacts of coal in Indonesia}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2019}, month = apr, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/communications-and-awareness-strategies-raising-awareness-about-health-impacts}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }