Factoid/2004/09/30
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Maldives Face Utter Disaster from Global Warming
- "Since 80% of its 1,200 islands are no more than 1 meter above sea level, within 100 years the Maldives could become uninhabitable. The country's 360,000 citizens would be forced to evacuate. The Maldives' survival as a sovereign nation is truly at stake. No wonder it was the first country to sign up to the Kyoto Protocol, which sets targets for cuts in industrialised countries' greenhouse gas emissions." - excerpt from the BBC article at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3930765.stm
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