A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Heavy rainfall on Monday caused flooding and damage on four islands throughout the Maldives. According to the police, flooding was reported on the islands of Maalhos in Baa atoll, Isdhoo in Laamu atoll, Villigili in Gaaf Alif atoll, and Gadhdhoo in Gaaf Dhaal atoll. Police officers worked with island councils to pump and drain floodwaters, […]
United Nations — The 44-member Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) represents some of the world’s most vulnerable island nations fighting a virtually losing battle against rising sea levels triggered by global warming and climate change. A negotiating voice of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), AOSIS has membership drawn from all oceans and regions of […]
It has been a busy winter for the Maldives Environment Minister Thoriq Ibrahim. Last Wednesday he concluded the One Planet Summit, which marked two years since the Paris Agreement. In November he attended the COP23 Summit. The Maldives is a poster child internationally for its vulnerability to climate change, but its globetrotting and grandstanding has […]
The Maldives is one of those lust-worthy vacation spots that could make you punch your Instagram feed in jealousy when friends post photos frolicking in its crystal blue waters and white sand beaches. But one thing most people don’t feature in their vacation pics is the archipelago’s “rubbish island,” which is made up of the […]
As part of its defences, the Maldives has been erecting a wall around the capital of Malé to thwart a rising sea and a future tsunami. The 44-member Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) represents some of the world’s most vulnerable island nations fighting a virtually losing battle against rising sea levels triggered by global […]
The Maldives. Credit: UNDP UNITED NATIONS, Dec 8 2017 (IPS) – The 44-member Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) represents some of the world’s most vulnerable island nations fighting a virtually losing battle against rising sea levels triggered by global warming and climate change. A negotiating voice of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), AOSIS has […]
The Indian naval ships engaged in search and rescue mission in the aftermath of Cyclone Ockhi on Saturday continued their operations in the high seas, searching the area till the Maldives, a defence spokesman in Kochi said. No stranded boats, fishermen or floating bodies have been found in the sea by the naval search team […]
Aerial view of HDh Kulhudhuffushi shows ongoing land reclamation. Six hectares of land reclaimed from the western lagoon of Haa Dhaal atoll Kulhudhuffushi and other preparations are fully underway to commence development of the island’s new airport. The government-initiated project to develop a domestic airport in Kulhudhuffushi requires the reclamation of six hectares of the […]
Sinomach International Sungrow company’s vice president Ziyao Zian Don (L) and environment minister Thoriq Ibrahim sign contract awarding the installation of hybrid power plants in Shaviyani and Noonu atolls to Sinomach. The Maldives government has awarded the project to design and install hybrid power plants in all inhabited islands of Shaviyani atoll and Noonu atoll […]