🏖️Case Study - Maldives

Question 1

Maldives is the _______ in the world

Answer 1

Lowest country

Question 2

What is the maximum level above sea level?

Answer 2

2.4m

Question 3

What is the average level above sea level?

Answer 3

1.5m

Question 4

What have scientists claimed about the Maldives?

Answer 4

These islands will be submerged in water in less than 60 years

Question 5

How much are sea levels rising a year?

Answer 5

3.2mm

Question 6

How much of its critical infrastructure lie within 100m of the shoreline?

Answer 6

2/3

Question 7

What else is climate change worsening apart from sea level rise?

Answer 7

. Water supply
. Limited ground water reserves
. Less space for storing wate

Question 8

Who has been working together to manage wetlands?

Answer 8

The Mayor and Ministry of Environment with local communities

Question 9

What are young Maldivians learning about?

Answer 9

The importance of conservation

Question 10

What is there an increased emphasis on?

Answer 10

Building resilience in infrastructure

Question 11

What have they built to help evacuation?

Answer 11

Elevated buildings

Question 12

Issue with building adapted infrastructure?

Answer 12

It’s expensive and the Maldives debt to GDP ratio is about 60%

Question 13

What is the Maldives debt?

Answer 13

Debt to GDP ratio is about 60%

Question 14

What have plans have been put in place to shift to?

Answer 14

Shift to renewable energy

Question 15

What are the estimates on rooftop solar power?

Answer 15

Can meet between 30-80% of the electricity needs

Question 16

What is the target to reduce emissions by?

Answer 16

26%

Question 17

When is the aim to reach net zero carbon emissions?

Answer 17

2030

Question 18

How much can healthy coral reef absorb?

Answer 18

97% of wave energy reducing erosions

Question 19

Piece of a metre of sea wall vs a metre of coral

Answer 19

Metre of sea wall - $3000
Metres of coral - only $300

Question 20

What is the long term solution?

Answer 20

To create a floating city

Question 21

What is the long term plan for Male?

Answer 21

Would move up and down on a pile drilled onto the sea floor

Question 22

What would the city become in the future and not leave behind?

Answer 22

Become sustainable leaving no carbon footprint

Question 23

What is the future like for the Maldives?

Answer 23

Negatives

Question 24

What could happen to the Maldives in 2050?

Answer 24

80% of it could become uninhabitable

Question 25

What do the UN believe about sea level rise?

Answer 25

It will be irreversible for hundreds to thousands of years