Maldives Government mandates stakeholder participationAs part of the new climate change portfolio, the Government of Maldives has mandated stakeholder consultation and public feedback as part of the NDC update. As a result the Ministry of Enivronment are actively seeking ways to increase both public and private resources for climate action and are developing participatory dialogue and engagement mechanisms of local government, private sector, technology providers, academia, NGOs and CSOs on climate adaptation and mitigation. During the NDC updating process, various development plans and ongoing activities within the sectors were considered.