• Rehabilitation programme for religious extremists begin
• ACC lodges corruption cases of Auditor-General for prosecution
• Vice President meets with Saudi Crown Prince
• HRCM President address the Inaugural Ceremony of the Torture Victims Association
• Maldives to share its findings on the extension if its continental shelf
• Germany will assist in Maldives police training
• Vice President briefs RCCI on investment opportunities in the Maldives
• President sends a message of condolence to the President of Nepal
• Senior officials of the government are not very religious – Yaameen
• Government does not pressure any scholar authorized by Islamic Ministry – Zuhair
• MDP responds to DRP’s accusation that MDP is behind attacks against journalists
• Special Operation to keep Male safe and secure contnues
• Petrol bombs found in Gan

MALE, Nov 2 (Reuters) – The Maldives could achieve its aim of becoming carbon neutral well before its 2020 target, the Indian Ocean island nation’s president said on Monday.

To meet the goal of making the archipelago totally free of carbon emissions, the Maldives government has been encouraging investments in power generation through wind, solar and other renewable energy sources to replace diesel.

On Monday, the government inaugurated a $200 million wind farm project it said would generate 40 percent of the Maldives total energy demand of 542,000 MWh within the next 20 months.

The project is expected to reduce carbon emissions by a fifth.

“Our target is to become carbon neutral in 10 years, but with the manner things are proceeding now, my feeling is that we will be able to achieve these goals much, much earlier,” Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed said after the ceremony.

The island nation off the tip of India, best-known for luxury tropical hideaways and unspoiled beaches, is among the most threatened by rising seas. The U.N. has predicted that a rise in sea levels of up to 58 cm could submerge many of its 1,192 islands by 2100.

On Oct. 17, Nasheed and his cabinet held the world’s first underwater cabinet meeting, in a symbolic cry for help. [ID:nCOL532817] (Writing by Shihar Annez; Editing by Alex Richardson)

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