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defined scientific view on the current state of climate change, have projected that global sea levels will rise between 0.09m and 0.37m (3.5 to 14.6 inches). If their calculations are correct, the rising water line will cause serious issues. Terrified that his country will sink beneath the waves, former president Mohammed Nasheed is valiantly raising awareness of his beloved country’s plight all around the world. Nasheed, 41, is a man who stood up


against the despotic rule in Maldives, enduring two instances of torture, 12 imprisonments and 18 months in solitary confinement during his efforts to instigate democracy. After this brave fight, however, everything he worked to achieve could soon be washed away. Nasheed has recently been travelling


the globe speaking to government leaders such as Gordon Brown and Barack Obama in order to enforce the importance of the Maldives’ crisis and beg for support in his fight. He’s also campaigned to make it the


first carbon-neutral country, replacing all of it’s energy resources with wind and solar power at a cost that is scarcely different from before. His most eye-opening protest came in 2009, however, when he held a unique


inhabitants live less than 1.5 metres above sea level


Majority of its


underwater cabinet meeting just before the U.N climate change conference which was held in Copenhagen. President Nasheed invited 13 members


of his team to change from their usual office attire into scuba diving gear and join him for a deep sea meeting where they communicated using hand signals and whiteboards. This publicity stunt became a


worldwide news story and made people sit up and take note of the plight of the Maldivian population. >>>


Francesco Zizola slideshow


May 2012 Organic Life


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