Green Politics in the Maldives: A Possible Saviour?

The Maldives currently suffers from climate change, and will be soon rendered inhabitable due to rising sea levels. A political past stained by dictatorship and corruption has also led to inconceivable amounts of environmental destruction. With the idea of ecology and green politics gaining ground throughout the world, it is viable to question the possibility of practicing these concepts in an environment that so needs it. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to qualitatively examine the possibility of green politics in not only saving the Maldivian environment, but also the actuality of it taking root in society. Within this paper, an extensive and in-depth research is conducted through interviews and secondary data, following a grounded theory approach. The data is then analysed using theories originating from Ulrich Beck and Habermas, resulting in a final conclusion that global green politics is the way forward, however, not without contextual difficulties.