Posts Tagged ‘carbon neutral’

Maldives pledges climate leadership – carbon neutrality by 2019!

Monday, March 16th, 2009

maldives-picThere aren’t many countries more threatened by climate change than the 1,000+ atolls of the Maldives. This coral reef paradise rarely rises more than 5 feet above sea level (~1.5 meters) and thus faces the threat of mostly disappearing by century’s end. Their President Mohamed Nasheed decided not to wait for other countries to act, and yesterday pledged (more…)