Indonesia is already designing its new capital, controversial for environmentalists and indigenous people, who oppose the creation of this new city. Nusancara will have an extension twice the size of New York and, therefore, will involve the deforestation of one of the largest rainforests in the world.

The reason is none other than the replacement of its current capital, Jakarta, which is sinking. 40% of the city is already under the seaIt will be completely submerged by 2050 due to the effects of climate change.

They announce it as a large modern city, an immense metropolis that will house the main institutions of Indonesia. In the opinion of Javier Gil, professor of International Relations at the University of Comillas, “it is an international call for a country that presents its candidacy to be key in Southeast Asia.” “The country that in the year 2045 will surely be in the top 5 of the world’s largest economies will be Indonesia”the expert has indicated.

The city, more than 1,000 kilometers away from the current capital, is in the process of construction, as climate change is raising sea levels and intensifying the tropical storms and floods that are expected to devastate Jakarta. Added to this is an overexploitation of groundwater.

Pedro Zorrilla Miras, spokesperson for Climate Change at Greenpeace Spain, assures that it is happening in the capital “what is happening in many parts of the worldamong them in Spain, where water is extracted faster than it is refilled, therefore, it is emptied and that causes the land to sink even more.”

Additionally, the Indonesian government is expelling indigenous people from the area and destroying one of the country’s most important tropical forests. “It has been sold, and it is true, that this city It is going to be a green city, which is going to have public transportation, which is going to try to have zero emissions. But well, it has been both a real objective and also a counter-marketing objective,” Gil explained.

Experts propose other alternatives, like choosing another existing city and make it grow sustainably.