The paradise paradox: Maldives, a sinking country?38

• Environment and Energy, Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
• 24/03/2019

Maldives is now the poster-child for the consequences of climate change. Global warming will almost certainly lead to the demise of these islands which are predicted to submerge in thirty years’ time. Disappearing into the rising sea, it will become the first country having to relocate all its population as refugees due to global climate change.