South Korea: Renewable Energy Budget

China: Program of Action for Sustainable Development

This program is a follow-up of the White Paper on China’s Population, Environment, and Development in the 21st Century. It acknowledges progress made in the last decade including economic and social developments and capacity building, and also upcoming challenges. To deal with these challenges, the program suggests improving research and investement in sustainable development, improving legislation and supporting institutions, and strenghten international cooperation.

Priorities include:

Indonesia: Network of ambient air quality monitoring stations

The Government of Indonesia established a network of ambient air quality monitoring stations in 10 cities to provide air quality data and status information, to implement the Pollution Standard Index (PSI) to monitor transboundary air quality issues and catastrophic emissions from forest fires, volcanoes, etc.

Date Implemented: 1999

Status: In Force; Government Initiative