Maldives Survival Dependent on Climate Change Action
Published on November 7th, 2007
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LISBON (Reuters) – The President of the Maldives on Wednesday called for urgent global action against climate change, saying rising sea levels are threatening the survival of his country’s low-lying islands.
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom said 80 of his country’s 1,200 islands had experienced tidal surges earlier this year, most of which are no more than one meter above sea level.
“Never in our documented history have so many islands been affected to such an extent. These surges were a grim reminder of the devastating tsunami of 2004 and a clear warning of future disasters,” Gayoom said at a conference on development and climate change in Lisbon.
