The NSDS sets out the strategy on how the Maldives will fulfill its commitment to meet the challenges of sustainable development. The overall aim of the NSDS is to identify and develop actions to enable the people of the Maldives to achieve continuing improvement in their quality of life both now and in the future - promoting both intra- and inter-generational equity. The Vision outlined by the Government on 11 November 2008 provides the direction for sustainable development of the Maldives and is also the basis for current national development policies. The following objectives are pursued: 1. Sustain Critical Natural Capital; 2. Renew Social Capital; 3. Nurture Human Capital; 4. Invest in Produced Capital. NSDS identifies 7 key goals: - Goal 1: Adapt to climate change -Goal 2: Protect coral reefs - Goal 3: Achieve carbon neutrality in energy - Goal 4: Ensure food security - Goal 5: Establish a carbon neutral transport system -Goal 6: Protect public health -Goal 7: Achieve full employment and ensure social security.

The NBSAP 2016-2025 provides impetus mainstreaming biodiversity concerns into national development planning. It encompasses the current status and the priority course of action in terms of protecting, conserving and ensuring the sustainable use of biodiversity in the Maldives. In particular, it aims to provide 30% of daytime peak load of electricity demand in all inhabited islands through renewable sources by 2020. In doing so, it is expected to decrease the national carbon foot print. The NBSAP is based on three main principles: 1. The people of this generation and the generations to come reserves the right to access and share benefits of rich biodiversity and ecosystem services; 2. Responsibility of conserving and sustainably using biodiversity lies on everyone’s shoulders and shall be taken as a shared responsibility; 3. Biodiversity shall be mainstreamed into all sectors and in a manner whereby monitoring progress and accountability is ensured.

The Maldives National Energy Policy was issued in 2010 and provides for an overview on the current energy supply and utilization in Maldives, along with energy policies statements. It also address the need to strengthen the national institutional and legal framework of the energy sector.

Maldives Scaling Up Renewable Energy Investment Plan (SREP) 2013-2017 identifies opportunities and presents a plan for scaling up of renewable energy in the country.

As part of a package of energy market reforms endorsed by COAG on 7 December 2012, COAG agreed that the National Principles for Feed-in Tariff Arrangements be amended to provide for all forms of micro generation technologies to be offered a fair and reasonable tariff and to close premium schemes to new participants by 2014. On 4 March 2013, the Standing Council on Energy and Resources, which has responsibility for implementing energy market reforms, provided the revised National Principles to COAG.

These principles address the following:Micro renewable generation shall receive fair and reasonable value for exported energy; Any premium rate to be jurisdictionally determined, transitional and considered for public funding; MCE should continue to advance fair treatment of small renewables; FiT policy to be consistent with previous COAG agreements (particularly the Australian Energy Market Agreement.

Through this Declaration the parties affirm their collective commitment to ensuring energy security for the region

The Strategic Vision for Strengthening Cooperation in Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy Between the Republic of India and the Russian Federation aims to establish bilateral cooperation in the nuclear power sector.

A Memorandum of Understanding to establish New and Renewable Energy Cooperation with the aim of developing new and renewable energy technologies.The objective is to encourage and promote technical bilateral cooperation on new and renewable energy issues on the basis of mutual benefit equality and reciprocity.

The Government of the Republic of India (hereinafter Government of India) and the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (hereinafter Government of Bangladesh) have agreed to promote trade, investment and economic cooperation, energy connectivity, environmental protection and others.