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Maldives to Be First Carbon Neutral Country
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Last updated: Monday, March 16, 2009

Image from aaru.com.rv Let’s all move to the Maldives and live out our principles. This country of 1,200 atolls and 380,000 people is set to become carbon neutral within ten years. The newly and first democratically elected president, Mohamed Nasheed has made the environment a top priority because of the rising sea levels that are threatening to

swamp the land. Last year the President announced that he was looking to buy an alternative homeland for his country because of his fears of the effects of climate change. The country has already spent £30M on a three-metre high flood defence wall…

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