{"id":4596,"date":"2022-11-09T22:18:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T17:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=4596"},"modified":"2022-11-09T22:18:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T17:18:36","slug":"maldives-ex-pres-says-debt-restructuring-to-pay-for-climate-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=4596","title":{"rendered":"Maldives Ex-Pres says debt restructuring to pay for climate crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former Maldives President, and current Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed said debt restructuring will help pay for climate crisis.<\/p>\n<p>While speaking to NowThisEarth at the sidelines of COP27, coming under the United Nations Climate Change Conference, the ex-President said that small island nations like the Maldives should be relieved of their debts to allow them to sustain losses and damages caused by the climate crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty climate-vulnerable countries have USD2 trillion of payment to be made within the next two to three years, Nasheed said. 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