Need to move Indonesia's capital growing urgent in face of climate change, experts say

"Moving the capital will reduce the city's burden to provide infrastructure and services to its people so that authorities can start re-planning city development," said Sonny Keraf, Indonesia's environment minister between 1999 and 2001, and now a university professor and environmental expert, reports Veby Mega for Reuters AlertNet.

Still, "in terms of climate change adaptation, it won't be easy," he added.

Veby Mega Indah is a freelance journalist in Jakarta, Indonesia, who specializes in environmental and climate change issues.