Poverty and inequality in Maldives 2022
In the past two decades, Maldives has achieved remarkable economic progress and reductions in poverty. However, the country faces high exposure to global risks including an . existential threat of rising
Maldives
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Frontline nation
With its highest point a mere two metres above sea level, global warming is an imminent concern for the Maldives. As the conversation on climate change heats up prior to the December conference in Copenhagen, President Mohamed Nasheed spoke to Kunda Dixit about his plans.
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Charting change
From the Himalaya to Male, there are clear signs that climate change is real.
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President Nasheed tops TIME magazines Heroes of the Environment 2009 list
President Mohamed Nasheed was chosen by TIME magazine for its Heroes of the Environment 2009 list. In this week
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Rising sea levels hit: Bangladesh livelihoods
Over his 45 years, Siddique Ur-Rahman, a Bangladeshi rice farmer, has watched as his world has been gradually swallowed by water.
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List of dos can be the answer to climate crisis President
Nasheed has said when addressing the issue of climate change, instead of focusing on what countries should not do, focusing on what countries should do, can be the answer to reaching an effective agreement at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen.
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U.S. and China Vow Action on Climate but Cite Needs
World leaders gathered here for a global summit meeting on climate change made modest proposals on Tuesday for combating the problem, underscoring the way domestic political battles still trump what United Nations officials had hoped would be a sense of global urgency.
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Japan provides 340 million Japanese Yen as food aid grant to the Maldives
The Government of Japan has decided to provide 340 million Japanese Yen as food aid grant to the Maldives. The Exchange of Notes between the Governments of Japan and Maldives was signed on September 15, 2009 at the Ministry of Foreign Affair.
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Rising of sea level major concern in South Asian countries: 18pc Bangladesh land to go under water
About 18 per cent of Bangladesh land will go under water and much of the Maldives would submerge following sea level rise at certain level, 'World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change' released yesterday in advance of the December meetings on climate change in Copenhagen said.
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Rising of sea level major concern in South Asian countries: 18pc Bangladesh land to go under water
About 18 per cent of Bangladesh land will go under water and much of the Maldives would submerge following sea level rise at certain level, 'World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change' released yesterday in advance of the December meetings on climate change in Copenhagen said.
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September U.N. Summit Seen Key To Climate Deal
A drive to agree a U.N. climate pact in Copenhagen in December risks failure unless world leaders revive bogged-down negotiations at a U.N. summit in New York on September 22, experts say.