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“Oh, we’re sinking, look” – The Maldives and the environment

“Oh, we’re sinking, look” – The Maldives and the environment

By Maldives Times 5 min read

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 […]

Maldives Minister of Environment Calls for ‘More Ambition’ to Tackle Climate Change at Conclusion of COP23

By Maldives Times 4 min read

Small islands introducing some of the most ambitious clean energy plans in the world The Environment Minister of the Maldives is calling on developed countries to honour their commitments to correcting the effects of climate change. Speaking at the conclusion of the twenty-third session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 23) in Bonn, the minister […]