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Greenpeace Scales HI Roundabout Monument to Protest Climate Inaction

Stateline MEDIA Newsroom•October 20, 2026•3 min read

Greenpeace activists climbed Jakarta's Selamat Datang Monument on Tuesday to protest the Prabowo-Gibran administration's climate record at its two-year mark.

Key Facts

Aktivis Greenpeace Indonesia memanjat Monumen Selamat Datang di Bundaran Hotel Indonesia (HI), Jakarta Pusat, pada Selasa (20/10/2026) pagi dan membentangkan spanduk raksasa.
Dua spanduk berlatar kuning dibentangkan dari bagian atas hingga area bawah monumen, bertuliskan “Bencana Makin Parah, Hidup Makin Susah, Apa Kerja Pemerintah?” dan “Tangani Krisis Iklim, Turunkan Biaya Hidup”.
Aksi bertepatan dengan genap dua tahun pemerintahan Presiden Prabowo Subianto dan Wakil Presiden Gibran Rakabuming Raka; Greenpeace mengkritik penanganan krisis iklim, kebakaran hutan dan lahan, serta bencana ekologis.
Petugas gabungan dari kepolisian, TNI, pemadam kebakaran, dan BPBD bersiaga di lokasi; spanduk diturunkan petugas pada pagi harinya sementara sejumlah aktivis masih bertahan di atas monumen.
Kapolres Metro Jakarta Pusat Kombes Pol Reynold E.P. Hutagalung beberapa kali meminta para aktivis segera turun dengan mengutamakan keselamatan.
Aksi merujuk riset Greenpeace Indonesia bertajuk “Besok Harga Naik!” terhadap delapan kelompok masyarakat di tiga aglomerasi Pulau Jawa: 41 persen responden merasakan dampak pada pola konsumsi dan biaya pangan, 39 persen pada produktivitas dan pendapatan, 20 persen pada akses tempat tinggal dan biaya transportasi.

Giant Banners at the Selamat Datang Monument

JAKARTA — Greenpeace Indonesia activists climbed the Selamat Datang Monument at the Hotel Indonesia (HI) Roundabout in Central Jakarta on Tuesday morning (20/10/2026). They unfurled two giant yellow banners criticizing the climate crisis response of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka's administration as it marked its second anniversary.

The two banners hung down from the top to the lower section of the monument. One banner read, “Disasters Worsen, Life Hardens, What Has the Government Done?”, while the other urged, “Address the Climate Crisis, Lower the Cost of Living.”

Critical Posters and Security Standby

In addition to the two large banners, the activists carried yellow placards reading “Tackle the Crisis, Don't Silence Criticism” and “The Elites Feast, the People Suffer.” The demonstration at the capital city landmark drew the attention of commuters passing the HI Roundabout area, with several seen pulling out their mobile phones to record the event.

A joint team consisting of the police, the TNI (Indonesian National Armed Forces), firefighters, and the BPBD (Regional Disaster Management Agency) remained on standby at the scene. Officers took down the banners that morning, while several activists remained atop the monument. Central Jakarta Metro Police Chief Senior Commissioner (Kombes Pol) Reynold E.P. Hutagalung repeatedly urged the activists to descend safely. “Colleagues, please come down immediately, mind your safety, prioritize safety,” Reynold announced via a loudspeaker.

Research: The Climate Crisis Erodes the Cost of Living

The protest referenced a recent Greenpeace Indonesia study titled “Prices Rise Tomorrow! A Snapshot of Climate Crisis Impacts from the Workplace, Dining Table, and Home.” The research examined climate crisis impacts across eight community groups in three major urban agglomerations on Java: Jabodetabekjur (Greater Jakarta), the Bandung Basin (Greater Bandung), and Kartamantul (Greater Yogyakarta).

The findings showed that 41 percent of respondents experienced the most noticeable impact on consumption patterns and food expenses, 39 percent experienced impacts on productivity and earnings, and 20 percent grappled with housing access and transportation costs.

Greenpeace Indonesia Climate Justice Campaigner Jeanny Sirait stated that the climate crisis increasingly deteriorates people's quality of life, particularly vulnerable working-class groups. “The heaviest burden falls on workers living in economic vulnerability,” Jeanny noted in a written statement on Tuesday. She also pointed to forest fire haze in Kalimantan as a prime example of an ecological crisis disrupting residents' health and economic livelihoods.