Jakarta is sinking. The capital of Southeast Asia’s most populous country can no longer support its own weight, and is sinking into the sea at a record rate. In response, the Indonesian government has decided to move administrative government functions to the island of Kalimantan (also known as Borneo). In this episode of the NOVAsia podcast, we talk with Dima, an Indonesian student at Yonsei GSIS, to hear what she has to say about what this change means to her country.
Joel Petersson Ivre is a masters student at Yonsei GSIS. His hometown is Stockholm, Sweden and although he considers it the most beautiful place in the world, he has left it several times to study abroad in China and Korea. Joel is a Young Leader at Pacific forum and and intern at East Asia Institute. He is mainly interested in the implications of China's rise for East Asia and the world.
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What 10 Countries in Asia are doing (or not doing) about the Climate Crisis - Novasia
5 years ago[…] Indonesia has one of the biggest reserves of coal in the world and is the largest coal exporter according to IEA. On the condition of receiving international support, the country has pledged to increase renewable energy sources and cut up to 41% of its emissions compared to a BAU level. This is not a very ambitious target as it focuses mostly on forestry and other land use (FOLU) sector. Unfortunately, in this sector it looks like money is more important than protecting the forests for Indonesia. The country has burned significant portions of its rainforest to make land for palm oil. […]
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