Unprecedented deluge shatters rainfall records

A digest of yesterday's top story.

Maldives navigates shifting monsoons and weather extremes

Record rainfall in Malé on January 3 was an extreme weather event.

Ministry merger sparks fears of environmental oversight collapse

Advocates warn the move could compromise environmental protection.

Infrastructure development pushing islands to ‘tipping point’

Islands cannot naturally adapt to climate risks after harbour and land reclamation projects.

South Asian Speakers Summit begins in Maldives

The annual gathering focuses on Sustainable Development Goals.

Can coral reefs keep up with a warming planet?

“Assisted Evolution” offers hope for the future of corals.

Foreign travellers account for 95% of tourism-related emissions in Maldives

The study looked at who was responsible for tourism-related carbon emissions: travellers or the tourist destinations.

Climate change ‘big unknown,’ says Game of Thrones star

Coster-Waldau was in the Maldives on a three-day trip as a United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador and visited an atoll where several UNDP projects are located.

Maldives disappointed with ‘US abdication of responsibility on climate change’

President Yameen called the decision of the United States to withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement a blow to global efforts to avert global warming and a setback for essential multilateral processes.

Nasheed calls for opposition to field single candidate in 2018

“I don’t think we will have a free and fair election as things stand now. So we will have to have the whole opposition together and come out with a single candidate,” the opposition leader told AFP.

Green climate fund grants Maldives US$23m for safe water

The UN’s climate fund has approved US$23.6 million for a project to ensure the delivery of safe freshwater to 105,000 people in the outer islands of the Maldives. The project is among the first eight investments approved by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), a global initiative established to provide financing from wealthy nations for adaptation projects in developing countries.

Maldives calls for UN reform

The Maldives has called on the UN to reform itself to better address the needs of small island states and global challenges such as climate change.

UN unveils development agenda for Maldives

The government and the United Nations signed the UN Development Assistance Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) yesterday, a four-year strategic programme framework to deliver results in the areas of youth and children, gender, governance, environment and climate change.

Malé under water: frequent floods demonstrate climate vulnerability

A few hours of heavy rain in Malé City on Monday morning inundated streets, snarled traffic, flooded the main hospital and caused a roof to cave in at a primary school, prompting concern over the island city’s vulnerability to and lack of preparedness for extreme weather.

National climate change policy framework launched

The ‘Maldives National Climate Change Policy Framework’ was unveiled today, outlining strategies for achieving sustainable financing, low emission development, adaptation, capacity building and leading advocacy at climate change negotiations, and fostering sustainable development.

Maldivians will survive climate change, says tourism minister

Comment: The Maldives cannot represent climate leadership with an autocrat at the helm

Foreign Minister calls for greater resilience to climate change impacts

“We do not want to be in Paris to get perished,” Maldives ambassador tells climate change convention

There’s nothing more conservative than conserving the planet, Nasheed tells Huffington Post