Poverty and inequality in Maldives 2022
In the past two decades, Maldives has achieved remarkable economic progress and reductions in poverty. However, the country faces high exposure to global risks including an . existential threat of rising
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Upstart of DANIDA funded Green facility in the Maldives
An Agreement of Collaboration has been signed between the UNEP Risoe Centre in Denmark and Ministry of Housing and Environment on capacity building for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The activities
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EU May Propose Plan To Extend Kyoto: Sources
The EU could yet table a proposal that would throw the beleaguered Kyoto Protocol a lifeline and secure the future of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) beyond 2012, government negotiators and observers
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UNDP and govt sign project to increase resilience of tourism sector to climate change
The United Nations Development Programme and the Ministryof Tourism, Arts and Culture have signed a project amounting to US $ 3.3 million today,to help the tourism sector adapt and prepare for the negative
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Maldives dissolves US$200 million wind farm project
<p> The President’s Office and State Electric Company (STELCO) confirmed today that the US$200 million Gaafaru Wind Farm project, previously expected to be operational by 2013, was dissolved last
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12 species declared protected
The Environment Ministry today designated protected status to another 12 species under the Environment Protection Act. The protected species are all types of turtles found in the Maldives, dolphins, napoleon wrasse, giant clams, black coral, whale sharks, conch, all types of whales and corals, sharks, all types of clams, pregnant lobsters and lobsters less than 25 centimetres.
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UN says climate change threatens world security
Climate change is generating an "unholy brew" of extreme weather events that threaten global security, the UN chief said Wednesday as the Security Council recognised the issue's potential effect on world peace. But the 15-member council apparently failed to agree on whether climate change itself was a direct threat to international peace and security, even after a rebuke by the United States wh
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VP launches web portal for Mapping of Maldives and Climate Change Project
Vice President Dr Mohamed Waheed has launched the web portal for
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Dengue death toll reaches seven
The four-year old boy who was being treated for dengue fever at the Intensive Critical Care Unit (ICCU) in Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) died last night. This is the seventh child to die of the disease this year and the fifth to die since the rapid spread of the disease since last week. An official from the dengue control task-force revealed that all arrangements had been made to t
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Japan grants ‘Project for Clean Energy Promotion’ in Male’
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> Project for Clean Energy Promotion in Male’ is a project which promotes rooftop based grid connected solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in Male’. This is project
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Taskforce appointed to coordinate Dengue Control Programme
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> President Mohamed Nasheed has appointed a high-level taskforce to coordinate the programme to control the dengue fever outbreak in the country.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: