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View all search resultsThe Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), has launched a US$18 million project to provide access to solar power and clean water in remote parts of Indonesia and Timor-Leste.
Rapid population growth, lack of access to food and water and increased exposure to natural disasters mean more than 1 billion people face being displaced by 2050, according to a new analysis of global ecological threats.
The World Bank has urged the Indonesian government to improve public-private partnership (PPP) financing schemes to attract more private capital that could fill the government’s budget shortage on infrastructure projects.
The government aims to provide additional clean water access for 3.9 million residents in the dense Greater Jakarta region by 2023 by developing the Ir. H. Djuanda drinking water system (SPAM) in Purwakarta, West Java.
It is easy to blame climate change for the devastating flood in Jakarta this year. However, the persistent and worsening flooding shows us that a deeper issue lies in Jakarta’s water governance that cannot be simply solved by technological fixes.
Clean water is an expensive product for most residents of North Jakarta, especially poor households. Not only do they pay more than people who live in apartments, they must work harder to access clean water. They push carts carrying six water containers to a pumping station or wait for a water vendor.
Water is related to all living things, so water is a factor that influences the development of various sectors. One of them is the agricultural sector in meeting the needs of crops for the food needs of communities. A serious threat the sector currently faces is the decreasing availability of water, so efforts are needed to use water appropriately.
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