The Indonesian capital of Jakarta is home to 10 million people but it is also one of the fastest-sinking cities in the world. If this goes unchecked, parts of the megacity could be entirely submerged ...

The world is facing an unprecedented crisis as climate change threatens to engulf coastal cities, displacing millions of ...

Jakarta is the world's fastest sinking city. But the Indonesian government's plan to move the capital 800 miles away risks draining the country's resources and damaging its reputation as investors ...

Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, the bustling capital of Indonesia, faces a watery crisis unlike any other. The city sinks by as ...

Jakarta itself is home to about 10 million people and three times that number in the greater metropolitan area. It has been described as the world’s most rapidly sinking city, and at the current ...

Indonesia is considering building a huge seawall to prevent its largest city Jakarta from sinking into the ocean. The country is the world’s largest archipelago consisting of over 17,000 islands ...

he lamented. According to the Global Risk Report in 2022, Jakarta has earned the unfortunate distinction of being the "Most Vulnerable City" among 576 major cities globally. This label is a result of ...

and the city has no way to meet demand without it due to a lack of water-retention facilities or a comprehensive piping network, Andreas said. Jakarta is not the only sinking urban centre.

Eco-Business interviewed people in East Kalimantan to get a sense of what Indonesians feel about the "smart forest city" ...

Jakarta is sinking by an average of 1-15cm a year and almost half the city now sits below sea level. The impact is immediately apparent in North Jakarta. In the district of Muara Baru, an entire ...