Thread by @piotrj

This is how change happens.

Real change.

The world's 3rd largest democracy, Indonesia, is in the middle of presidential campaigning for the 2024 election.

And last night in the first Presidential debate, air pollution was a topic of discussion for the first time ever...

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When we started @nafasidn in 2020, we had a simple mission - raise enough awareness that air pollution enters the 2024 election

Minimum: Air pollution is a campaign trail topic

Ideal Scenario: Air pollution is debated on live TV in front of millions of people

Last night, during the FIRST Presidential debate it became a hot topic between two candidates.

WE DID IT!

Congratulations to the THOUSANDS of people who spent years organizing and advocating around the air pollution issue.

At @nafasidn our contribution was clear - data...

To all supporters of @nafasidn - thank you. This is what change feels like, and you are a part of it.

To the team at @nafasidn - I am so, so, so proud of your belief in the issue and the dedication to it despite what everyone was saying.

For the last 4 years, @nafasidn has been posting about air pollution data on a daily basis, starting with 50 sensors in 2020 to more than 120 in Greater Jakarta, and 200 in all of Indonesia.

How it started How its going

JUST THIS YEAR, @nafasidn has published over 700 pages of insights as part of the "Nafas Buka Data" report, data that has since been shared thousands of time by citizens and media platforms like CNN, CNBC, BBC, Detik, Kompas, IDN Media, Folkative, USS Feeds and many others.

And @nafasidn has even collaborated with @halodoc to co-publish a whitepaper about the impact of PM2.5 on acute respiratory issues using ICD-10 coded telemedicine data.

You can download that whitepaper here: drive.google.com/file/d/1BSQo_Z…

And the crazy part about this, we've done this with EXTREMELY limited funding and support.

Something that @sciencerely and the @UChiEnergy / @UChiAir programs have highlighted in their recent study published about the PM2.5 data gaps around the world.

https://twitter.com/UChiEnergy/status/1734439183286956464

Well, in Indonesia, @nafasidn has shown that air quality data has the power to drive real change.

From an idea in 2019
To 200 sensors in 2023
All the way up to the stage of the Presidential Debate in the 3rd largest democracy in the world.

Want to collaborate? PM me.