
(FILES) A man sits by the Kapuas river as thick smoke and haze shrouds the city of Pontianak in West Kalimantan on September 6, 2026. Every few years, residents of Indonesia's West Kalimantan province contend with devastating wildfires and a noxious haze shuttering schools, sickening the elderly and infirm, and stifling the local economy. Now, they've had enough. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'INDONESIA-ENVIRONMENT-CLIMATE-JUSTICEM-CLIMATE-HAZE,FOCUS' by Cece Kusmana




