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In this Saturday, October 17, 2009, file photo, Maldivian President Mohammed Nasheed signs a document calling on all countries to cut down their carbon dioxide emissions ahead of a major U.N. climate change conference in December in Copenhagen, in Girifushi, about 20 minutes by speedboat from the capital Male, Maldives. Failing to limit global warming could spell a “death sentence” for small island developing nations like Maldives, the country's environment minister said Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, and added that these nations urgently needed emergency funds to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change. (Photo by Mohammed Seeneen/AP Photo/File)
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