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ousted maldives president is a leading voice for island states threatened by global warming
Bookmarked 740 weeks ago democracynoworg for years mohamed nasheed was the most vocal world leader on the threat climate change poses to residents of small island states after becoming the first democratically elected president in maldives he pledged to make the nation the first carbon neutral country and once held a cabinet meeting underwater we discuss nasheed039s ouster and his outspoken campaigning on global warming with environmental activist bill mckibben whose group 350org has collected some 30000 signatures on a petition in support of nasheed we also speak with jon shenk director of the new documentary film quotthe island presidentquot which chronicles nasheed039s rise from jailed pro-democracy activist to the maldives presidency and island-state champion mckibben says nasheed quotwas in certain ways the first precursor of the arab spring the 039mandela of the indian ocean039 who really brought democracy to a country where it hadn039t been beforequot as well as quotthe most outspoken head of state around the issue of climate change on our planetquot mckibben further argues nasheed quotwas a thorn in the side of the us because he kept bringing up the topic of climate change a topic they039re not that keen on on the other hand he -- almost to a fault -- was cooperative with us efforts about climate change the state department owes him and i hope that they take this seriouslyquotto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for the additional democracy now reports about women039s reproductive health and the 2012 election visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-now daily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt |