(Woe)
Clearly “no”
Woe no
[Instrumental, Strings, Percussion]
[Verse 1]
Rising tides
No one hides
Vanishing shore
Sad, for sure
[Chorus]
Maldives believes
Conceives Man’s folly
No one relieves
Standing by, idly
[Bridge]
Really?
Thanks a lot
If you’d stop
We’d like to keep some…
Of what we’ve got
[Instrumental, Guitar Solo, Drum Fills]
[Verse 2]
Existential threat?
Oh, you bet
Yet, have no regret?
Forever in debt
[Chorus]
Maldives believes
Conceives Man’s folly
No one relieves
Standing by, idly
[Bridge]
Really?
Thanks a lot
If you’d stop
We’d like to keep some…
Of what we’ve got
[Instrumental, Guitar Solo, Drum Fills]
[Bridge]
(Woe)
Clearly “no”
Woe no
Really?
Thanks a lot
If you’d stop
We’d like to keep some…
Of what we’ve got
[Chorus]
Maldives believes
Conceives Man’s folly
No one relieves
Standing by, idly
[Instrumental]
[Outro]
(Woe)
Clearly “no”
Woe no
A SCIENCE NOTE
The Maldives faces existential threat from a climate crisis it did little to create. We need the world’s help now
by Mohamed Muizzu, president of the Maldives. For the Maldives, the existential threat of the climate crisis, particularly sea level rise, has been a reality we have grappled with for decades. In 1989, recognising the urgency of our situation, with our islands standing just one metre above sea level, we brought this issue to the global stage for the first time.
This early recognition of our vulnerability sparked a national transformation as we embarked on proactive climate resilience and adaptation measures. Thirty-five years later, has the rest of the world truly been listening? If you look at how the world’s reaction to the climate crisis is funded, the answer is clearly “no”.