President Mohamed Nasheed participated in the CNN Earth Frontiers debate in Seoul, South Korea on Thursday, along with Academy Award-winning director James Cameron, Puma’s CEO Jochen Zeitz, and Changhua Wu of The Climate Group.
Climate skeptics are indicative of societies in decay, the president said, calling for greater urgency in dealing with climate change.
“If we cannot become carbon neutral by mid-century, then we won’t be around here. It’s as simple as that,” he said.
Reruns of the programme will be aired today at 10.30pm local time as well as throughout the day on Sunday.