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There is at least one item on the Maldives’ president’s agenda that can be found on no other across the world. Newly-elected president
Mohamed ‘Anni’ Nasheed said in an interview on Monday his government would begin saving to buy a new homeland in case global warming caused the country to disappear into the sea.
The UN forecasts that the seas are likely to rise by up to 59cm by 2100. Most parts of the Maldives are just 1.5m above water. ‘‘We do not want to leave the Maldives, but we also do not want to be climate refugees living in tents for decades.’’