"This workshop is very important to explain the programs carried out by atmosphere monitoring officers from different countries and Indonesia is one of the important players. What we do every year is that we look at a concentration of greenhouse gas and this gas influences the environment. By monitoring what has happened, we see the concentration of greenhouse gas worldwide increasing quickly all the time," WMO director of environment and atmosphere Oksana Tarasova told a press conference held as part of an international workshop on strengthening public service in monitoring greenhouse gas in Jakarta on Tuesday.
Indonesia through the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) overseeing the Global Atmosphere Monitoring Stations or Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) in the country has significantly contributed to monitoring greenhouse gas and air quality because they represent tropical areas.
He said WMO, along with its partners in each country is building a globally integrated greenhouse gas information system to provide information which can help countries implement the emission reduction target and reporting system and take other additional mitigation measures.
The system will involve long data from observation and modeling of greenhouse gas.
To measure the greenhouse gas emissions, BMKG under the supervision of WMO has globally and nationally contributed to the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions measured by the Global Atmosphere Watchdog (GAW).
To date, there are 31 GAW stations worldwide including three in Indonesia. They are located in Bukit Koto Tabang in West Sumatra, Lore Lindu Bariri in Palu, Central Sulawesi and Puncak Vihara Klademak in Sorong, Papua.
Reporting by Martha Herlinawati S
Editing by Suharto
Reporter: Antara
Editor: Bambang Purwanto
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