MALDIVES CABINET GOES UNDERWATER FOR OFFICIAL MEETING

To raise awareness of the looming fate of the Maldives and to push for stronger
climate resolutions, President Nasheed will hold a Cabinet meeting underwater. President Mohamed Nasheed and his ministers held an official cabinet meeting in an unusual location – underwater today.

To call attention to their country’s plight as a nation already feeling the effects of climate
change, ministers will ratify a statement calling for rapid greenhouse gas reductions to 350
parts per million CO2 – the Cabinet meeting was done and the proceedings would be presented to the UN.

"It makes complete sense that the largest campaign of global action on climate ever should
start in the low-lying Maldives," said Bill McKibben, co-founder of the 350.org campaign. "Of
the 170 nations that will participate, none will be a victim of global warming quite as quickly or completely."

On October 24, in the Maldives, 350 divers will stage a 24-hour, underwater climate protest in the Male’ lagoon and local Maldivian NGOs will send 350 ‘Postcards from the Frontline’ to world leaders. Elsewhere, events include Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian activists gathering on the shores of the Red Sea where they will form giant human 3’s and 5’s and 0’s; thousands of students across 300 universities in China coordinating mass actions- such as “scuba marchers” of students dressed in snorkels and flippers parading in major shopping malls; and a demonstration and countdown of images streaming in from over 3,000 events taking
place over the world on the screens in New York City’s Time Square.

To join the movement please visit http://www.350.org

To organize an action within a week check the quick action guide at http://www.350.org/quick