Construction of a levee with sandbags for protection against erosion in the Maldives. Ihuru, North Male Atoll. There are many factors threatening the Maldives including, beach erosion, mangrove depletion, and waste management, but the most alarming threat is global warming. Most of the country is less than one meter above sea level. Maldives spends about 50% of their national budget on climate mitigation and development.
4320 Men working on the construction of a levee with sandbags for protection against erosion, on a sandy beach in Ihuru, an atoll in the Maldives islands. 3. Solutions, 6. Adaptation, 2. Impacts, 5. Resilience, 1. Causes Climate Visuals Principles: 9. Overcome present-day fears with a vision for the future, 8. Sustainability must be everyones objective, 6. Show local (but serious) climate impacts, 4. Climate impacts are emotionally powerful, 3. Show climate causes at scale, 2. Tell new stories, 1. Show real people not staged photo-ops Construction of a levee with sandbags for protection against erosion in the Maldives. Ihuru, North Male Atoll. There are many factors threatening the Maldives including, beach erosion, mangrove depletion, and waste management, but the most alarming threat is global warming. Most of the country is less than one meter above sea level. Maldives spends about 50% of their national budget on climate mitigation and development. City: Ihuru Region: North Male Atoll Country: Maldives Agency: Climate Visuals Creative Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Mandatory Credit: Alain Schroeder / Climate Visuals Belgian photojournalist Alain Schroeder has been working in the industry for over four decades.In 2013, he uprooted his life, trading-in his shares in Reporters, to pursue life on the road with a camera. He now travels the world shooting stories focusing on social issues and people. Photographer name: Alain Schroeder Photographer based in: Belgium Social media: www.instagram.com/alainschroeder/ Website: www.alainschroeder.myportfolio.com/
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