Maldives Cabinet Ministers Prepare for Underwater Meeting

Members of the Maldivian Government prepare for Underwater Meeting

Members of the Maldives Government are currently taking scuba diving lessons and learning underwater signals in preparation for an underwater cabinet meeting to discuss the problem of climate change in the world and its effects on the low-lying country of  the Maldives.

Maldives Cabinet Ministers Prepare for Underwater Meeting

Maldives to be First Affected by Climate Change

The underwater meeting is scheduled to highlight the threat that global warming poses to the Maldives, whose highest point lies only a few meters above sea level.  Cabinet members are taking time out of their busy schedules to take scuba diving lessons in order to be able to participate safely.  This underwater meeting is part of the government’s initiative against global warming.

Underwater Meeting is another of President Nasheed’s Ideas

President Nasheed of the Maldives

Since taking office last year, Maldivian President Mohammed Nasheed has campaigned heavily on the impact of climate change amid fears that rising ocean levels will submerge the Maldives within the next 50 years.  He is even looking to purchase new land, on to which he will relocate the country’s population.

Underwater Meeting of 14 Cabinet Members

The underwater meeting will be attended by 14 Ministers, all of whom will have to don scuba gear and descend to the meeting which will be held at Girifushi, about 20 minutes by speed boat from capital Male.   President Nasheed is already a certified diver, so the meeting should pose no problem to the President. During the meeting, the cabinet plans to sign a document calling on all countries to cut down their carbon emissions ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December.

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