By 2050, there will be an estimated 150 million climate refugees, forced to leave their homes by droughts, extreme weather patterns and sea level rise. There is no international law designed to protect their needs. EJF talked to President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives and Premier Talagi of Niue about how climate change is affecting their countries. The Environmental Justice Foundation is a UK charity working internationally to protect the natural environment and human rights, campaigning …

One year after Mohamed Nasheed’s historic win in the Maldives’ first presidential elections, 101 East returns to ask if he has lived up to his promises. In this edition of 101 East, we speak to President Nasheed about the key challenges he faces globally and at home.

The Maldives cabinet has met underwater in an attempt to raise awareness that the rising waters of the Indian Ocean threaten to submerge the island chain. From the capital Mali, Al Jazeera’s Stephen Cole reports.

Speaking in between the two biggest CO2-emitting nations - China and the United States - Maldives president Mohammed Nasheed makes desperate plea to the United Nations to make sure that the upcoming climate summit in Copenhagen will not be a failure. “We can not make Copenhagen a pact for suicide,” he told world leaders.