President Dr Mohamed Waheed urged the various institutions contributing to the renewable energy project in the Maldives, to work together to make it successful. The President made these remarks at the handing over ceremony for the Project for Clean Energy Promotion in Male’, held today at Hiriyaa School.
Speaking at the ceremony, President Waheed noted that despite the fact that Maldives is one of the most vulnerable countries going through the impact of climate change, we have been at the forefront in the advocacy for reducing global emission of carbon dioxide.
Highlighting our campaign in the last couple of years to reduce carbon emission, the President assured of the Maldives’ commitment to continue advocating for a cleaner environment through out the world. The President also said that the Maldives was welcome to working with other small island countries and low-lying countries, to keep the low carbon development agenda on the forefront of the international developmental forums over the next years as well.
President Waheed stated that being a country where a high percentage of its GDP is spent on importing fossil fuel, the investment in renewable energy is a necessity economically, in addition to its environmental benefits, as the price of fuel continues to rise.
