The photo above from 2018 by Aji Styawan portrays a glimpse of traveling through roads-turned-river streets inundated by rising sea levels in the Sayung subdistrict of Demak, Central Java, Indonesia.

The island of Java has lost 78 percent of its mangroves, which were a natural barrier protecting the low-lying coastline from storms and erosion, according to Wetlands International.

“In Demak, this loss is compounded by rising sea levels and sinking land – the result of groundwater abstraction in a nearby city,” Global Center on Adaptation reports.

“Indonesia is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts, including extreme events such as floods and droughts, and long-term changes from sea level rise, shifts in rainfall patterns and increasing temperature,” World Bank Group reports.

Read about “How nature is helping Indonesia adapt to an eroding coastline”: https://gca.org/how-nature-is-helping-indonesia-adapt-to-an-eroding-coastline/