Don't Let Jakarta Sink
Monday, July 26, 2021
Greenpeace predicts that Jakarta would be inundated in 10 years. The government must save the capital, not abandon it.
JAKARTA would be underwater. Warnings of this have come repeatedly from a number of studies. But the government seems to have put its fingers in its ears and allowed the waters of the Java Sea to slowly encroach on the capital.
The latest warning comes from Greenpeace, which released the results of its analysis on the impact of climate change on seven coastal cities in Asia. The international environmental organization predicts extensive floodin
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