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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Maldives’ international climate finance providers should require robust evaluation of reclamation and other development projects for potential harm, and implementation of appropriate ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

While frolicking in the water, some tourists may not realize the Maldives is grappling with a climate crisis. Sitting at an average 3.77 feet above sea level, the Maldives is highly vulnerable ...

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 ...

For UNICEF, these kinds of youth-led initiatives are critical for driving climate action in the Maldives, a nation of 1,192 islands in the Indian Ocean, a few hundred miles southwest of India.