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Why Indonesia is Building a New Capital

Beina Xu
October 28, 2022

Jakarta is congested, polluted, and rapidly sinking. That’s why the government wants to build a new, green capital from scratch. But what’s the environmental impact of building a whole new capital from scratch? And will this really solve Jakarta’s climate problems?

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