Nasheed sworn in as Maldives president (& immediately addresses global warming)

[Coventina]

Source: Associated Press

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Mohamed Nasheed, who took the oath of office Tuesday as the Maldives' first democratically elected president, is looking for ways to protect his low-lying island nation from the threat of global warming.

Nasheed was sworn in to office at a private ceremony in the capital of Male following an election victory last week that ended 30 years of single-party rule. He now leads the flattest nation on Earth — with an average height of 2.3 meters (7 feet) above sea level — and one considered particularly vulnerable to the perils of global climate change and rising sea levels.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned of significant rises in the sea level by the end of the century. Climate researchers say that many of the Maldives' 1,200 islands could disappear if the seas continue to rise.

Ibrahim Zacky, a leader of the Maldivian Democratic Party, said Nasheed has proposed creating a fund so that its people could be relocated in case the nation of 350,000 people becomes submerged. He refused to give more details of the plan.



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Just think if Gore hadn't had his election stolen from him....

[apnu]

1. Roll up your sleeves, folks, there's a lot of work to do (nt)

[ensho]

2. I read that he was looking to buy 'dry land' in other countries

so the people will have a place to go.


a leader that lives in the land of reality.