COLOMBO (Reuters) - His Indian Ocean island cluster is a magnet for Hollywood stars such as Tom Cruise, but the Maldives may disappear within generations unless world leaders urgently combat climate change, President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom warns.
With a United Nations climate panel forecasting world sea levels likely to rise by up to 59 cm by 2100 due to global warming, the risks to the low-lying island chain dotted across 800 km off the toe of India are glaring.
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