MANSYUR Amien pointed toward the damaged section of the Trans-Sulawesi Road in his village. The resident of Lalombi village, Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi, was showing the tangible effects of coastal erosion and tidal waves triggered by climate change. The national highway connecting Manado in the north with Makassar in the south had to be relocated further inland.

Tempo followed the path of the former asphalt road. Now, only sandy soi