11 countries vulnerable to climate change urge world leaders to commit to binding pact![]() more images Maldives to hold summit of nations threatened by climate change before Copenhagen talksMALE, Maldives — The Maldives will convene a summit next month of countries suffering some of the worst impacts of climate change ahead of a global conference on the issue in Copenhagen, government officials said. Maldives Cabinet holds underwater meeting to highlight threat of global warmingGIRIFUSHI, Maldives — Members of the Maldives’ Cabinet donned scuba gear and used hand signals Saturday at an underwater meeting staged to highlight the threat of global warming to the lowest-lying nation on earth. Maldives holds world’s first underwater cabinet meetingMALE - Maldives held the world’s first underwater cabinet meeting on Friday to raise awareness about the threat to the archipelago on account of global warming. Island nation of Maldives to hold underwater Cabinet meeting to show climate change threat
Maldives to hold cabinet meeting underwater to highlight threat of global warmingCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Maldives government ministers are taking scuba lessons and learning underwater signs in preparation for an unprecedented Cabinet meeting at the bottom of the ocean intended to highlight the threat global warming poses to the low-lying nation. Maldives can always count on India as a well-meaning friend, says AntonyMALE’ - Defence Minister A K Antony has said India and Maldives are a ’shining model of how two countries of differing sizes can cooperate with each other as equals’. Maldives’ islander discovers pre-Islamic Buddhist relicMALE - An Islander has discovered a pre-Islamic stupa, a Buddhist relic, beneath his house in Raa atoll Agolhitheemu in Maldives, while digging to build a well. |