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President Mohamed Nasheed, Maldives

President Mohamed Nasheed of The Maldives is one of the most vocal advocates of urgent action to combat man-made global warming. He talks to Stephen Sackur.

A year on from the dashed hopes of Copenhagen the world's politicians are trying again. In Cancun, Mexico, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference they are renewing efforts to find a deal capable of combating man-made global warming.

President Mohamed Nasheed of The Maldives is one of the most vocal advocates of urgent action. Rising sea levels could submerge his Indian Ocean islands by the end of this century.

He spoke to HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur about why he's disappointed in America and China's failure to make binding commitments.

27 minutes

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Wed 8 Dec 2010 04:32GMT

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