Maldavies calls attention to global warming with an underwater cabinet meeting

[Ichingcarpenter]

President Nasheed will head the meeting on October 17. The 14 scuba- gear-clad Cabinet ministers will descend to a table 20 feet (6 meters) underwater. Each minster will be certified in diving and accompanied by a diving instructor and a member of the military. While underwater , the minsters are expected to sign a document to influence the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December. They want carbon emissions significantly cut. World leaders at the summit hope to create a new agreement to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012.

this "stunt" calls attention to the rising water levels that accompany global warming. Maldives, a country made up of almost 1,200 coral islands in the Indian Ocean, would be completely submerged if oceans rise as predicted in many of the global warming scenarios. The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change has forecast a rise in sea levels of at least 7.1 inches (18 cm) by the end of the century. Global warming isn't just a mildly disconcerting theory to the country's 396,000 residents. Last year President Mohamed Nasheed proposed moving the entire nation in light of the serious threat.

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[aquart]

1. They are losing their beautiful nation. How else can they fight?