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From scarcity to sustainability: Maldives’ ambitious water security project
22 Mar 2024 / The Maldives, known as a luxury holiday destination with crystal blue water, is an idyllic island state in the Asia Pacific region. However, the Small Island Developing State (SIDS) is one of the most vulnerable nations to climate change and faces many unique challenges. Rising sea levels and increasingly erratic rainfall patterns are threatening the country's freshwater resources, putting the health and well-being of its people at risk.
The Maldives and GCF strengthen legal partnership
22 Aug 2019 / The Government of the Republic of Maldives has signed an agreement with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) granting the Fund privileges and immunities in line with those of other international organisations and those applied in the United Nations system. GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec and the Maldives Environment Minister Hussain Rasheed Hassan signed the agreement during the ongoing GCF Global Programming Conference.
How the Maldives are putting climate funds to work
22 Apr 2016 / Funadhoo is the site of one of the first projects to be financed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the United Nations’ primary institution for supporting emission cutting investments, such as in renewable energy and efforts to adapt to climate impacts that can no longer be avoided.