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S5 E5: Jakarta, the Sinking Capital

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

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.

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