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Photo by Garry Lotulung @garrylotulung for EverydayClimateChange:
This will be a weeklong feed takeover entitled:
Indonesia’s Drowning Land
Parts of the country's coastline are disappearing as sea levels rise
Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous country and its largest archipelagic nation, comprising over 17,000 islands. With the majority of these islands sitting only one meter above sea level, coastal areas in many parts of the country are being threatened by rising sea levels caused by climate change. Deforestation, landscape reclamation, and the illegal extraction of groundwater by the industry on the coasts make these areas even more vulnerable to rising sea levels.
Sea level rise is often talked about as a potential future impact of climate change. But on the Indonesian island of Java, it is already threatening millions of people. Rising sea levels are already having a significant impact on coastal areas of Java, such as Pekalongan in Central Java and Karawang in West Java.
Caption: 1. Waves crash into an abandoned house in a Simonet village north of Pekalongan which residents say was hundreds of meters from the beach just 10-12 years ago on June 4, 2021, in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia.
