RAMESH RAMACHANDRAN NEW DELHI PRESIDENT MOHAMED Nasheed of Maldives plans to hold an underwater Cabinet meeting on October 24, the day after he returns home from a two-day climate change conference in New Delhi. Clad in scuba gear, President Nasheed and his Cabinet colleagues are expected to issue a statement calling upon the international community to act unitedly and decisively in the December 7 to 18 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. For the Maldives, an archipelago of 1,200 tropical islands only a few metres above sea level, climate change is no vague irritation but a danger to its physical survival. According to a report, Maldives is exploring the possibility of purchasing land in India, Sri Lanka, and Australia in order to move its citizens to safety

