Devastating flash floods have swept across Indonesia’s Bali and Flores islands this week, killing at least 13 people and displacing hundreds more. They serve as yet another stark reminder that the climate crisis is an urgent threat claiming lives today and that we must demand immediate action from President Prabowo Subianto and world leaders to combat the crisis.

The disaster comes just weeks after protests swept Indonesia’s major cities, fueled by frustration over government corruption and greed.

Suriadi Darmoko, 350.org Field Organizer, says:

“The victims in Bali deserved protection from these preventable tragedies. We grieve the loss of lives and call for emergency action to assist all those who are affected. But more than that, we demand that world leaders stop treating climate disasters as isolated tragedies and start addressing them as symptoms of a global emergency that requires immediate, systemic change.

Taxpayers in Indonesia, and Bali in particular, deserve to have their hard-earned money spent on upgrading infrastructure, restoring loss and damage, and public services – not overdevelopment and over-construction that benefits foreign-owned businesses and not the people.

Indonesia is set to submit its national climate action plan or Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) this month. We urge President Prabowo to ensure that Indonesia has an ambitious emissions reduction goal and a concrete plan to transition to 100% renewable energy.

As the COP30 climate talks near, we demand immediate, transformative climate action from world leaders. Every day of delay means more lives lost, more communities destroyed, and more irreversible damage to our planet.”

From September 19-21, 350.org Indonesia and its partners will lead actions in Jakarta, Bali, and Yogyakarta as part of Draw the Line, a global mobilisation in 97+ countries to unite against injustice and climate inaction in time for the UN General Assembly and weeks before COP30.

Media Contact:

Ilang-Ilang Quijano, 350.org Asia Communications Manager, ilang.quijano@350.org