Blog 24_Key Climate Change Resolution signed under water

There are so many ways to highlight the threat of global warming; the government of the Maldives has decided to do so by holding a cabinet meeting six metres underwater on the 17th October.

President Mohamed Nasheed and his cabinet member will sign a key resolution, calling for global cuts in carbon emissions, before the Copenhagen Summit. Nasheed, a qualified diver, will also hold a news conference in the water.

A statement issued from the president's office revealed that none of the ministers had any experience in diving before, except for the defence minister. They have been receiving trainings for weeks and all of them were very enthusiastic about this meeting.

"The government will sign a document ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December, calling on all nations to cut down their carbon emissions." the BBC reports.

Nine out of 14 cabinet ministers will participate in the meeting as two were not given medical permission and the last one will be abroad.

The "350.Org", a global grassroots campaign to stop climate change, will start a week after the cabinet meeting. On the 24th October, 350 divers will go underwater in front of the President's Office to demonstrate, using 350 lights.It will be followed by a photo exhibition, in which 350 postcards will be printed out to send to 350 worlds leaders, to voice a strong message of climate change.