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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Introduction: A Looming Threat Rising sea levels are a growing concern for coastal cities around the world. As climate change ...

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 ...

Jakarta is sinking at an alarming rate ... Lagos, Africa's largest city faces the threat of coastal erosion and flooding due to rising seas exacerbated by global warming, posing significant ...

Share the best of The Jakarta ... the city. Residents, meanwhile, will still be able to draw water from the ground, for now. “Considering the currently critical condition [of sinking ground ...