This month, southern California and northern Portugal grappled with some of the largest and most damaging wildfires in their respective regions. The Park fire in California, which started on June 24, 2024, is now 99 percent contained, but at its peak, it became the third-largest wildfire in the state’s history.

The Indonesian capital of Jakarta is sinking and it is sinking fast. Parts of the megacity could be entirely submerged by 2050, with 95% of North Jakarta estimated to sink. In addition to this, Jakarta has been continuously plagued by traffic congestion, air pollution and land subsidence – all of which contribute to increasingly damaging floods in the region.