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Impact of Climate Changein the Maldives

• Scotland and Climate Change - Getting it RightIn
  the Chamber of the Scottish ParliamentFriday, 27
  March 2009

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The Maldives

• Population 385,000 (2008 est.)
• 1,190 islands 197 inhabited
• Area 298 sq. km ( 99 sea)
• Tourism Fishery main industries
• GDP per capita - approx. US 3000

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Capital Male

• Capital Male
• Area 2 sq. km
• Population 120,000
• Majority of islands have less than 2,000
• Industrial and financial hub
• Protected by seawall

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Critical Issues

• Average elevation 1.5 m above sea level
• Flooding reported in many islands
• Coastal / beach erosion
• Fresh water shortages
• Maldives contributes less than 0.001 to GHG
  emissions

IPCC projects sea level rise of up to 0.88m by
2100
Maldives could be wiped out as a result
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Coral bleaching as a result of rising temperatures
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Flooding reported commonly
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Severe beach erosion observed in islands
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Maldives Climate Change Strategy
Driving forward international agreements on
climate change
Capacity development
Technology transfer
Adaptation Actions in the Maldives
(e.g. coastal protection).
Mitigation Actions in the Maldives
(e.g. carbon neutral)
Funding
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Maldives Climate Change Strategy

• The President announced that the Maldives would
  be Carbon Neutral within 10 years
  
• On going focus on driving forward international
  commitments
  
• National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)
• Introducing renewable energy to the Maldives
• Cooperate with international research
  organisations (make the Maldives a hub for
  research in related areas)
  

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Summary

• Climate Change is a real threat to the very
  existence of the Maldives
  
• The Maldives needs international support and
  calls for global actions to combat Climate
  Change
  
• International agreements and co-ordinated actions
  essential in the build up to the Copenhagen
  Summit in December 2009
  
• The Maldives aims to lead by example (carbon
  neutral within the next 10 years)

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Together we can save the world.Thank You!

• Presented by
• Mr. Ahmed Moosa
• Envoy for Science and Technology
• Government of the Maldives

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