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Flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia - Climate Change

A construction worker stands on a flood wall in the northern port area in Jakarta. According to the Climate Reality Project, “Without flood protection measures, sea level rise could expose up to 6 million Indonesians to annual coastal flooding. The worst of the flooding would occur on the island of Java, where Jakarta is located.”

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Contained in galleries: Jakarta - The Sinking City [2013]

A construction worker stands on a flood wall in the northern port area in Jakarta. According to the Climate Reality Project, “Without flood protection measures, sea level rise could expose up to 6 million Indonesians to annual coastal flooding. The worst of the flooding would occur on the island of Java, where Jakarta is located.”