President Mohamed Nasheed has returned to Malé, this afternoon, after concluding his official visit to the United Kingdom.
During the visit, the President addressed the Oxford Union, one of the oldest debating societies in Britain.
In an impassioned speech at the Oxford Union, the President criticized fossil fuel companies for funding “malicious” climate denial campaigns.
The President said that he sensed “weakness” behind attacks fuelled by the ‘Climategate’ to “malicious slurs” against people like Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Chair Rajendra Pachauri and former US President Al Gore.
He told the Oxford students that he viewed these disinformation campaigns as “death throes” of a “dying industries”, stating that dominance of world economy by fossil fuel companies was coming to an end.
In addition to speaking at the Oxford Union, the President also met with Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne.
He also participated in the BBC’s HARDtalk programme and gave interviews to a number of news organisations in the UK.
