Southeast Asia's Sinking Cities And What's Being Done About Them

 All my friends and relatives back in the Philippines are complaining of the terrible heat waves for quite sometime now.

Even some schools consider going back to remote learning like what they did during the pandemic as the heat is so unbearable. That's how bad it is.

Heat indices as high as 46 C or around 115 F are recorded. 😰

The bad news is this is going to be the new normal in the years to come. Those climate crisis skeptics in the Philippines (and I'm sure the country has its share of them too) will finally have their rude awakening. 😱

Sadly, the Philippines is among the countries predicted by many climate scientists to suffer the most from the impact of climate crisis, thanks to the major greenhouse gas emitters of the world like China, United States, EU, India and Russia. 🥲

And it's not just heat waves. Sea levels are also fast rising. Another new normal are super-typhoons and longer and severe droughts. Water resource becomes a major problem.

Many cities especially in Asia are sinking with rising sea levels. At least, Widodo of Indonesia is doing something about it. He is actually building a new Indonesian capital named Nusantara and is being built inside the jungles of Kalimantan in Borneo with the initial phase set to be inaugurated by August of 2024. The whole new city is projected to be completed by 2045.

There are many expected challenges ahead for the Indonesian government, that's for sure. But what about Manila?

Manila is among the fastest sinking cities on the planet, sinking at around 10 centimeters per year. Anong plano ng gobyerno? 🥹

I feel sick in my stomach just thinking about what's waiting in the future for the next generation.🥲