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Due to significant rising sea levels in Maldives, an independent island country in the north-central Indian Ocean, Dutch Docklands is working with the Maldives government to build an ultra-luxury floating private island . The 200-hectare floating city will resemble a coral reef structure and powered by renewable energy to reduce carbon emissions and fight against climate change. Designed as eco-friendly as possible, Dutch Docklands calls the floating development as a scarless development because of its minimum impact to the environment, meeting 21st century standards for floating developments . The development is estimated to float less than 1 meter above sea level on the lowest-lying nation of Maldives and a 10-minute boat ride from the populous capital of Malé. ....