Why is climate change fuelling tension in the Arctic?
Global temperatures have already increased by around 1.3C above pre-industrial levels, but this warming is not spread evenly across the planet. The Arctic, despite being one of the coldest regions on Earth, has become a hotspot for global warming.
Local temperatures there are rising as much as four-times faster than in other parts of the world. This rapid warming is unsettling the delicate environmental balance, causing significant ice loss \u2013 with implications for both the region and the wider world.
In a previous episode on the Arctic region, Graihagh Jackson explored the impact that climate change was having on the people \u2013 and ice sheet \u2013 of Greenland. In the second part of The Climate Question's focus on the High North, she explores the implications of an increasingly ice-free region on global politics, military relations, and trade.
Guests: \nMathieu Boul\xe8gue, consulting fellow at Chatham House and global fellow at the Polar Institute of the Wilson Centre \nJulie Brigham-Grette, professor of Earth Sciences in the Department of Earth, Geographic and Climate Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst \nMalte Humpert, senior fellow at the Arctic Institute\nAmund Trellevik, Norwegian journalist with Investigate Europe
Producer: Ben Cooper \nSeries Producers: Simon Watts and Alex Lewis \nEditor: China Collins \nSound Engineer: Tom Brignell \nProduction Coordinators: Debbie Richford, Sophie Hill and Jacqui Johnson