The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World will completely omit Maldives in its upcoming 14th edition, unconfirmed reports say. British newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported that the Times Atlas, one of the most widely used atlas in the world, will omit Maldives, Tuvalu – an island nation located midway between Hawaii and Australia – and major parts of Bangladesh in order to convey the “emotional truth” about “man-made climate change”. The newspaper quoted Times Atlas spokesperson David Rose as saying that the decision to omit Maldives, Tuvalu and major parts of Bangladesh may not be strictly geographically accurate. “But did you see that picture of the Maldives cabinet holding a meeting underwater? If the Maldives government says the Maldives is drowning, they must be drowning. And frankly I think it’s despicable, all those deniers who are saying it was just a publicity stunt, cooked up by green activist Mark Lynas, to blackmail the international community into giving the Maldives more aid money. ... Why would a government lie about something as serious as climate change?” he said. According to The Daily Telegraph Rose stressed that the Times Atlas team believes that maps published at present should reflect something that would probably happen in the future. “I’m pleased to say that this is a view of the world shared by my colleagues at Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World. They understand that maps based on accurately recorded geographical features belong in the Victorian age of child chimney sweeps. What we need now is maps that change the world, transforming into something which it isn't actually yet but might be one day if we don’t act now,” he said.