A capital city in the jungle?

Worrying times: A man walking on a giant sea wall to avoid a flooded road next to abandoned warehouses in northern Jakarta. Joko is planning a giant wall to keep big waves out, but global warming presents a clear danger to low-lying cities. — AFP

Jakarta: Indonesia’s president wants to spend at least US$30bil (RM125bil) to move the capital to a forest on the island of Borneo.

The proximate trigger is climate change – Jakarta is sinking into the sea.