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Indonesia's capital Jakarta is sinking. Here's how to stop this

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par Edvin Aldrian, Professor of Meteorology and Climatology, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN)

As Indonesia’s capital and most populous megacity, Jakarta needs rapid solutions to tackle the problems of land subsidence and sea-level rise.

A recent study by the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) stated that, without aggressive effort, around 25% of the capital area will be submerged in 2050.

The risk could increase twofold or even more because of climate change.

In late July, US President…

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