1. The Maldives is considering many possibilities to adapting to climate change. One of the unfortunate effects climate change will have on the Maldives is sea level rise which will essentially drown the country that is made up of many small islands. One option they have is to consolidate the population. Meaning move the population to just a few islands that have been predetermined as the most likely to withstand sea level rise and sustain the new influx of people. The reasoning behind relocating people is because there are so many islands and the amount of money it would cost to build a sea wall for every inhabited island is just outrageous and unfeasible. I found this to be a very interesting option because its not something people hear to much about, and also that relocation is only a temporary fix because the Maldives will one day be completely gone.
Another option that I find to be a very easy and effective way to adapt and combat sea level rise is to ban coral mining. The Maldives mines coral to use as building material since it is pretty much the only local material they have. Today, there is new technology and availability of other building materials that could be easily imported. By continuing coral mining, it will result in a weak protective barrier, increased costal erosion, as well as stress put on the natural ecosystems of the coral reef.
2. There wasn't too much in the IPCC's section for adaptation of small islands. However there was a chart (below) that I found to be interesting. Mainly the bottom section with the projections of with and without adaptation to climate change. It shows that the sooner adaptation changes are implemented the higher the effects will be. What I found to be somewhat strange or interesting about that is that with adaption the outcome is so drastic. I would have expected the adaption for small islands to not really mean all too much for them.
3-4. The Maldives did ratify the Kyoto Protocol on December 30 of 1998. It seems like the Maldives hasn't really done too much as far as mitigation and adaptation. They are mainly just talking about it and looking for the funds to move forward with projects. Also I noticed that a lot of their plans require educating people in order for them to come up with more solutions.
5. Yes, I think the Maldives should mitigate and adapt to climate change because they really have no other choice.
