This week, new Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu will travel to the COP28 climate conference in Dubai with hopes this year’s event will spur long-awaited action on climate change. President ...

From the high Himalayas down to sea level, climate change is no longer a distant threat for children in Nepal and the ...

Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed has rejoined the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) after resigning in 2023 due to ...

including severe coastal erosion and frequent flooding tied to human-induced climate change. "Anyone remember this? In 1988, experts predicted sea-level rise would wipe out the Maldives within 30 ...

The majority of its islands are less than half a meter above sea-level and scientists warn that at the current rate of climate change, large swathes of the Maldives archipelago could become ...

In this delicate balance, the islands stand as nature’s playground, but the balance is tilted ominously by climate change.

MALE’, September 17, 2024 – The Maldives’ economy relies heavily on tourism and fisheries, two sectors that comprise nearly half of the nation’s GDP and employment. These crucial industries are facing ...

President Mohamed Muizzu of the Maldives joined the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) on Sept. 26 for a discussion on climate resiliency in the Maldives. While the event was ...

Some have even grown. Raymond Zhong, a climate reporter, and Jason Gulley, a photographer, spent two weeks in the Maldives accompanying scientists who study how islands are changing and talking to ...

As the planet warms, atoll nations like the Maldives seemed doomed to shrink. Scientists have begun to tell a surprising new story. By Raymond Zhong I’m a climate reporter. We humans have ...

(The list of “disappeared islands” of the Maldives is long.) Most of the islands—including the capital Malé—stand about 3.5 feet above sea level; climate scientists forecast they will be ...