The Maldives’ 2009 carbon audit

Abstract

In March 2010, the Government of Maldives mandated La Compagnie Benjamin de Rothschild and BeCitizen, a Paris (France)-based strategic environmental consultancy to take forward the country’s pledge to become carbon neutral by 2020. Between July and October 2010, BeCitizen carried out the first step of this work, a Carbon Audit which covered the Maldives’ 2009 Greenhouse Gas Emissions, projections for 2020 and priority areas to be addressed in order to reach carbon neutrality.