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Indonesia Says It Will Build a Smart ‘Forest City’ as Its New Capital. But Is the Plan Too Good to Be True?
Officials in Jakarta say the design of the new capital will take the city’s character and ecology into account.
Officials in Jakarta say the design of the new capital will take the city’s character and ecology into account.
Beijing is still developing the policies that will guide its approach to climate change over the next decade.
Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro is a climate change skeptic. Deforestation has soared since he came into power.
Temperatures in the hottest and most humid places on Earth are reaching levels beyond human tolerance.
Indonesia, one of the world's most populous countries, is in the midst of a climate emergency.
The proposed site for the new capital faces forest fire risks. And the environmental threats to the megacity of Jakarta...
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Overpopulated and congested Jakarta may no longer be suited to be Indonesia’s capital.