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 sea levels. A unique feature of Maldives is the economic enclaves that encourage industry and international tourism. The general …
An Agreement of Collaboration has been signed between the UNEP Risoe Centre in Denmark and Ministry of Housing and Environment on capacity building for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The activities under this collaboration will consist of strengthening capacity of Maldives to participate in the Global Carbon Market, through a series …
The EU could yet table a proposal that would throw the beleaguered Kyoto Protocol a lifeline and secure the future of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) beyond 2012, government negotiators and observers have told Point Carbon News. Officials from the bloc's member states will in the next few weeks discuss …
The United Nations Development Programme and the Ministryof Tourism, Arts and Culture have signed a project amounting to US $ 3.3 million today,to help the tourism sector adapt and prepare for the negative effects of climate change. The project, ‘Increasing Climate Change Resilience of Maldives through Adaptation inthe Tourism Sector’ …
The President’s Office and State Electric Company (STELCO) confirmed today that the US$200 million Gaafaru Wind Farm project, previously expected to be operational by 2013, was dissolved last year. The project was announced in 2009 under a deal between the government and General Electric (GE) and Falcon Energy Group to …
The Environment Ministry today designated protected status to another 12 species under the Environment Protection Act. The protected species are all types of turtles found in the Maldives, dolphins, napoleon wrasse, giant clams, black coral, whale sharks, conch, all types of whales and corals, sharks, all types of clams, pregnant …
Climate change is generating an "unholy brew" of extreme weather events that threaten global security, the UN chief said Wednesday as the Security Council recognised the issue's potential effect on world peace. But the 15-member council apparently failed to agree on whether climate change itself was a direct threat to …
The four-year old boy who was being treated for dengue fever at the Intensive Critical Care Unit (ICCU) in Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) died last night. This is the seventh child to die of the disease this year and the fifth to die since the rapid spread of the …
Project for Clean Energy Promotion in Male’ is a project which promotes rooftop based grid connected solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in Male’. This is project is a grant from Government of Japan. Under the first phase of the project, 390kWp of solar PV systems will be installed at the roof …
President Mohamed Nasheed has appointed a high-level taskforce to coordinate the programme to control the dengue fever outbreak in the country. Members of the taskforce include: Dr Aminath Jameel, Minister of Health and Family; Hassan Afeef, Minister of Home Affairs; Shifa Mohamed, Minister of Education; Ahmed Inaz, Minister of Finance …
MALE, June 29 (HNS) – The death toll from dengue fever in the Maldives has reached four in 48 hours with the latest death recorded this morning. Four-year-old Ahmed Lifshan of Reef View/Haa Alif atoll Muraidhoo is believed to have died while being transferred to Haa Dhaal Atoll Kulhudhuffushi Regional …
The death toll from dengue fever in the Maldives has reached three in two days with the latest death recorded this morning. Alhan Ahmed of Dhilbahaaruge/Baa atoll Thulhaadhoo, aged two and a half years, died at Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) around 3am today after he was transferred from ADK …
Transparency Maldives Sunday launched the Global Corruption Report: Climate Change compiled by Transparency International. Transparency International officially inaugurated the report, first of its kind to comprehensively explore major climate-related corruption risks, in April of this year at Dhaka, Bangladesh. International watchdogs identify that improper or poor governance paves the way …
Three civil society organizations won grants of US$ 10,000 each, to implement community outreach programs aimed at creating public awareness on managing solid waste in the Maldives. The program titled “Creating Public Awareness on Managing Solid Waste in the Maldives” is funded by the World Bank Civil Society Fund (CSF) …
Minister of Housing and Environment Mohamed Aslam said yesterday that establishing sewerage systems in all islands could not be completed during President Nasheed
The Health Ministry has revealed that the strain of E-coli found in public water tanks in Addu City and those recently found in vegetables in Europe are two completely different strains.
Efforts by the Maldives to tackle the effects of climate change are highly encouraging, but the country must continue with reforms to address its fiscal deficit, and promote inclusive and regionally-balanced growth, Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda said today. An investment plan by the Government to make the …
The Inter-governmental Expert Group Meeting to finalise the draft South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Agreement on Rapid Response to Natural Disasters has begun yesterday at the Traders Hotel. This meeting is attended by all SAARC member states except Afghanistan. The idea of establishing a mechanism for rapid response …
