Climate change in the Maldives

The Maldives government have adapted infrastructure in capital city Malé to the threats of climate change, including beginning to build a wall around the city.

Climate change is a major issue for the Maldives. As an archipelago of low-lying islands and atolls in the Indian Ocean, the existence of the Maldives is severely threatened by sea level rise. By 2050, 80% of the country could become uninhabitable due to global warming.^[1] According to the World Bank, with "future sea levels projected to increase in the range of 10 to 100 centimeters by the year 2100, the entire country could be submerged".^[2] The Maldives is striving to adapt to climate change, and Maldivian authorities have been prominent in international political advocacy to implement climate change mitigation.

^ "Facing dire sea level rise threat, Maldives turns to climate change solutions to survive". ABC News. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
^ "Climate Change in the Maldives!". World Bank. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.

[:0-1] "Facing dire sea level rise threat, Maldives turns to climate change solutions to survive". ABC News. Retrieved 24 July 2022.

[2] "Climate Change in the Maldives!". World Bank. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.

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