Main content

The Capital City Sinking into the Sea

Indonesia has announced plans to move its capital from the climate-threatened megalopolis of Jakarta to the once jungle covered island of Borneo, 800 miles away.

Indonesia has announced plans to move its capital from the climate-threatened megalopolis of Jakarta to the once jungle covered island of Borneo, 800 miles away. Jakarta has become crowded and polluted and is sinking at an alarming rate. The move will be one of the biggest infrastructure projects the government has ever undertaken. But what will it take to uproot a capital - and at what cost? Rebecca Henschke reports from Indonesia.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 3 Apr 202016:30GMT

Broadcasts

  • Sat 29 Feb 202012:30GMT
  • Sun 1 Mar 202000:30GMT
  • Sun 1 Mar 202007:30GMT
  • Sun 1 Mar 202007:56GMT
  • Sun 1 Mar 202019:30GMT
  • Sun 1 Mar 202023:30GMT
  • Mon 2 Mar 202001:30GMT
  • Tue 3 Mar 202009:05GMT
  • Fri 13 Mar 202010:00GMT
  • Fri 13 Mar 202010:05GMT
  • Sun 29 Mar 202000:30GMT
  • Sun 29 Mar 202007:30GMT
  • Sun 29 Mar 202019:30GMT
  • Sun 29 Mar 202021:30GMT
  • Sun 29 Mar 202022:30GMT
  • Mon 30 Mar 202000:30GMT
  • Wed 1 Apr 202012:30GMT
  • Thu 2 Apr 202007:30GMT
  • Thu 2 Apr 202015:30GMT
  • Thu 2 Apr 202021:30GMT
  • Fri 3 Apr 202016:30GMT