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"They started without us; the planning permit was triggered by the works".

In certain areas and not others is due to the relationship of the geometry underwater and the force of the oceans. and so, what we do is we design different geometries, we test them in the lab, we see which geometries accumulate more sand, and then we implement those at full scale in the maldives. this is the beginnings of a new island built on sandbags. and you can see where the sand has accumulated using the forces of nature. it's been here for about two years. it's 20 metres long, it's about four metres wide and about 1.5 metres above the sea bed. another half—metre and it should pop up a...

And hopefully just keep growing. each time we go, we try different materials, different construction techniques. the reason for that is because we want to try to make it as scalable as possible. because this is a global problem, it's not only focused on the maldives. so if you really want to have a solution, you need to make it fast, scalable, cheap. and if it works, this sort of deliverable, sustainable solution could be used not only to save the maldives, but many other island nations or coastlines that are also suffering the effects of climate change. fixing it won't be easy. we need to try...

This is the beginnings of a new island built on sandbags. and you can see where the sand has accumulated using the forces of nature. it's been here for about two years. it's 20 metres long, it's about four metres wide and about 1.5 metres above the sea bed. another half—metre and it should pop up above the surface and hopefullyjust keep growing. each time we go, we try different materials, different construction techniques. the reason for that is because we want to try to make it as scalable as possible. because this is a global problem, it's not only focused on the maldives. so if you reall...

And about 1.5 metres above the sea bed. another half—metre and it should pop up above the surface and hopefullyjust keep growing. each time we go, we try different materials, different construction techniques. the reason for that is because we want to try to make it as scalable as possible. because this is a global problem, it's not only focused on the maldives. so if you really want to have a solution, you need to make it fast, scalable, cheap. and if it works, this sort of deliverable, sustainable solution could be used not only to save the maldives, but many other island nations or coastl...