Maldives Prez Says Stopping Climate Change Isn’t About Hugging Trees

Mohamed Nasheed speaking during COP15, photo: Matthew McDermott . I’m only going to feign momentary offense at Maldives’ President Mohamed Nasheed , because I happen to think there’s nothing wrong with hugging a tree every now and then… At a climate change seminar in Helsinki, Finland Nasheed said that apart from environmental concerns there are very good reasons that we have to collectively act on climate change, and need to reframe the discu… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Maldives Prez Says Stopping Climate Change Isn’t About Hugging Trees