The Maldives

Highest point

2\.4m ASL

How many tourists a year

600,000

Maldives is forecast by the IPCC to experience sea level rise of… and lose whole land by 2100

1 metre

half of country’s … islands have fewer than … people

358 5000

The country’s two international airports lie within… metres of the coastline

50

Tourism accounts for… of Maldives GDP

28%

More vulnerable to extreme weather (caused by climate change) December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami led to … fatalities.. injuries and displacement of .. of the population tourism fell by ..

82 1300 7% 36%

water expansion, between 1971 and 2010 … of extra energy put into the climate system by global warming was absorbed by oceans

90%

There has been a … increase in CO2 in the atmosphere over the past 250 years

40%

Wave erosion occurs in … of islands in the maldives (made worse by climate)

90%

Extreme weather.. a decade ago the Maldives only experiences a severe event .. year, this is now… a year

once 2-3

fresh water shortages … of island require water shipments since…

1/4 swells contaminate groundwater with sat

Impact on fish stocks

2006-2011 tuna fell by 40%

Hot wetter climate

disease risk, mosquitoes, dengue fever

strategies.. attempts to buy land abroad by president … new island … created by dredging sand will also house …. people

Nasheed Hulhumale 60,000

Energy strategies September …. Japanese gov gave … to equip buildings in .. with solar panels

2009 $10 million Male

Wind farm plan for … turbine wind farm close to capital to provide .. of the country’s energy (2009)

30 40%

Limited success? carbon emissions of Maldives are lowish at

1,.2 million tons CO2 emissions 2016 (166th)

Compared to china

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over 10 billion CO2 tons

In 2012 NOAA scientists concluded that even with the lowest possible greenhouse gas pathways, global sea levels will still rise at least…., and with continued high emissions that we are currently seeing, this would increase to over… which would cause irreversible damage

8 inches above 1992 levels by 2100 6 foot