Beyond 2024, haze risk will depend on Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto’s governance and policies.
Haze in central Singapore on Oct 7, 2023. The warming El Nino was a main contributor to the 2023 less severe haze episode in Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia.
The warming El Nino was a main contributor to 2023’s less severe haze episode in Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. The phenomenon tapered off in mid-2024. Haze comes from the burning of peat and other vegetation in Indonesia, where fire is used to clear land for agricultural use or to get rid of agricultural waste.
In 2023, El Nino coincided with the positive Indian Ocean Dipole , another climate pattern that brings drier weather to the region. This made the dry season more severe than normal, but there were fewer fires in 2023 than in previous years, such as 2015 and 2019, when both climate phenomena coincided.
“The ambition of the Prabowo government is to move to 8 per cent of the GDP ... There are signs that the answer must not be in using more land or more resources, but productivity, innovation and better management,” added Prof Tay during a media briefing on the report on July 8. When asked if Mr Prabowo’s economic growth ambitions may breach the moratorium, Prof Tay cited the European Union’s deforestation regulation, which takes effect on Dec 30. It states that EU businesses importing goods such as palm oil and soya must prove that the products are not connected to any recent deforestation.
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