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Maldives fails to convince peers to go "carbon neutral"

MALE (Reuters) - A group of developing countries agreed Tuesday to "green" their economies but stopped short of promising to become "carbon neutral" as a way to spur big polluters into action at climate talks next month.

Copenhagen failure would be 'suicide': Maldives (AFP)

AFP - The president of the Maldives has warned that a failure to agree a deal on limiting greenhouse gas emissions in Copenhagen next month would be an act of "collective suicide".

Threatened Maldives urges joint action at climate talks

MALE (Reuters) - The Maldives, threatened by rising sea levels because of global warming, on Monday pleaded with developed nations to reduce carbon emissions and said developing nations could change the outcome at climate talks in Copenhagen.

Maldives urges small states to GO 'carbon neutral' (AFP)

AFP - The Maldives, which is one of the nations most vulnerable to rising sea levels, on Monday asked fellow endangered states to go carbon neutral and lead a drive to reduce global warming.

Maldives says carbon neutral goal ahead of schedule

MALE (Reuters) - The Maldives could achieve its aim of becoming carbon neutral well before its 2020 target, the Indian Ocean island nation's president said Monday.

China hopeful about Copenhagen climate talks (AP)

AP - China wants to increase cooperation with the U.S. and other nations to reach a deal at global climate talks in December, Vice Premier Li Keqiang said Thursday.

India: Climate deal can't sacrifice poor nations (AP)

AP - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday that the world's poor nations will not sacrifice their development in negotiations for a new climate change deal.

Maldivians face life as 'climate refugees': president (AFP)

AFP - The people of the Maldives face the prospect of life in a "climate refugee camp," President Mohamed Nasheed warned Thursday as he urged rich countries to clinch an effective global warming treaty.

Maldives plans climate meet for threatened nations (AP)

AP - The Maldives will convene a summit next month of countries suffering some of the worst impacts of climate change ahead of a global conference on the issue in Copenhagen, government officials said.

Maldives leader turns stuntman (AFP)

AFP - Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed, who staged the world's first underwater cabinet meeting at the weekend, is emerging as the global stuntman in the battle against climate change.

Maldives cabinet flags climate crisis at undersea meet (AFP)

AFP - The Maldives' government held an underwater cabinet meeting on Saturday in a bid to focus global attention on rising sea levels that threaten to submerge the low-lying atoll nation.

Maldives leaders sign climate plea under water

With fish as witnesses, the president of Maldives and his Cabinet wore scuba gear and used hand signals Saturday at an underwater meeting to highlight the threat climate change poses to the archipelago nation.