GLOBAL WARMING - Maldives

Question 1

Facts about Maldives?

Answer 1

• Made up of 1200 tiny islands
• 80% of land 1m above sea level

Question 2

Effects of global warming:

Answer 2

• Harms tourist industry: Attracts more than 600,000 tourists annually - scares people away, floods airports
• Scarcity of fresh water for drinking because contaminated by salt,
• Flooding - more than 90 of inhabited islands experience annual floods

Question 3

Management:

Answer 3

• 3m high wall constructed in Male to protect capital
• Government identified 5 safe islands, proposed to artificially raise height of these islands
• Costs money