World's first underwater cabinet meeting
Oct 19, 2009
The lowest-lying nation on Earth, the Maldives, highlighted the threat of global warming by holding an underwater cabinet meeting on Oct. 17, 2009. The Cabinet signed a document calling on all countries to cut down their carbon emissions ahead of the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December. Photos: AP/Maldivian President's office
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