EPISODE · Aug 23, 2019 · 26 MIN
Sinking Jakarta Is a Test Case for Climate Retreat - Aug. 23, 2019
from Deep Dish on Global Affairs · host Tom Pepinsky, Brian Hanson, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Indonesia's massive, overcrowded capital is sinking due to climate change and depleted ground water. Now President Joko Widodo wants to move the capital and build an entirely new city. The decision comes just as Jokowi, as he is known, begins his second presidential term—and it's not the only challenge he faces. Tom Pepinsky of Cornell University and the Brookings Institution joins Deep Dish to discuss.
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