The Maldives delegate to the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Hassan Hussain Shihab, has appealed to larger nations to commit themselves towards more clean and renewable forms of energy in order to reduce carbon emissions.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports that Shihab told those at the assembly in New York that the Maldives was doing all it could to build resilience to the effects of climate change.
He said that the Maldives government was currently spending more than 27 percent of its national budget, suggesting that a small country such as the Maldives could not overcome these issues alone.
He also highlighted the Maldives commitment to implementing the decisions made at the recent Rio +20 conference on sustainable development, expressing hoping that progress would be made during the current UNGA towards on issues relevant to Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
