It has been popular to threaten "small islands and low-lying coasts" with scenarios of disastrous future flooding. The Maldives has been the most utilised target. We have undertaken a careful analysis of actual sea level changes in the Maldives. No rise has been recorded either in the present or the past centuries.
I go every year to the Huvafen Fushi in the Maldives and it's spectacular.
The highest thinkers of the ages, the seers of the tribes and the nations, have been optimists.
One of my favorite places is the Maldives, an all-Muslim nation in the Indian Ocean with a culture that stretches back 5,000 years. But since the highest point in the archipelago is a meter or two above sea level, even the next hundred are not guaranteed. They've committed to becoming the first carbon-neutral nation on Earth by 2020, building windmills as fast as they can.
We are trying to send our message to let the world know what is happening and what will happen to the Maldives if climate change isn't checked.
Kristina has been to the Maldives but never to Venice, and I have been to Venice but never to the Maldives.
