The Dutch Helping Indonesia or Anyone in the Rich Global North?

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Gloria Borger: News organizations have been too cautious about climate change. She says it's because of propaganda campaigns by the oil industry and right-wing politicians. Indonesia is a relatively poor country, dealing with environmental destruction caused by European colonizers, she says. Borger: We in the West are very good at overlooking the fact that our countries got rich and became major emitters of greenhouse gases.

Southeast Asia is especially vulnerable to storms, rising oceans, and other climate effects—though countries in the region did very little to create the crisis. In Indonesia, among other climate-related challenges, the capital city is sinking into the sea. Part 5 of our series, The Repair, on the climate emergency.

Reported by Nita Roshita, with recording and production help from Hilman Handoni. Mixed by host John Biewen. Interviews with Bondan Kanumoyoso, Yayat Supriatna, Selamet Daroyni, Amalia Syafruddin, and others.

The series editor is Cheryl Devall. Music in this episode by Lil Haydn, Kim Carroll, Chris Westlake, Lesley Barber, and Fabian Almazan. Music consulting by Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.