00:00Do you know that the leaders of a country helped each other under the water?
00:07Under the sea.
00:09The President and the President of the country, Maldives,
00:12wore scuba gear and through sailing,
00:15their efforts to fight global warming became successful.
00:18This was led by their President, Muhammad Nasir,
00:22and the 13th official of the government of Maldives,
00:24who was placed on a table and a chair submerged in the sea at a depth of 20 feet.
00:29This was done in a lagoon on Girifushi Island,
00:32where the military often exercises.
00:35The agenda is to increase the water level due to the melting of polar ice caps,
00:40which has a great effect on the Indian Ocean
00:42and can be a catalyst for the sinking of countries surrounding it, including the Maldives.
00:48You should know that the leaders of the Maldives
00:52signed a mandate to reduce carbon dioxide emissions,
00:56not only for their own country, but for the whole world.
01:00That's what you should know.
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