Indonesia at high risk to climate change: WWF

Indonesia is one of the nations most vulnerable to climate change and is already feeling some of the consequences of global warming, environmental group WWF said Wednesday in a new report.

The report, which cites an array of studies, said that annual rainfall in the archipelago nation has fallen by two to three percent, while average temperatures have risen by 0.3 degrees Celsius (33 degrees Fahrenheit).

A high population density -- the nation is the fourth most populous in the world -- coupled with some 80,000 kilometres (50,000 miles) of coastline, left it extremely at risk from rises in global temperatures, WWF told AFP.