John Kerry to visit Arctic Norway to witness climate impacts
United States Secretary of State John Kerry travels to Svalbard to see climate change on close hold.
Kerry, who is visiting Norway this week, will travel to the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard together with Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende.
Climate change, oceans, fisheries and marine environment are on the agenda. Kerry has called the Arctic a thermostat where the effects global warming will have on the planet are already visible.
During his visit to the Arctic, the U.S. official will get a briefing about how Norway by following scientific advice has been able to preserve its important fish stocks, Brende says to NTB, NRK reports.
On Wednesday, John Kerry will be discussing security policy together with other participants at Oslo Forum, an international network of armed conflict mediation practitioners co-hosted by the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue.
Related stories from around the North:
Canada: Greening of Arctic, browning of boreal forest, Radio Canada International
Finland: Climate change brings new insect arrivals to Finland, Yle News
Greenland: Rising seas culprit – ice or heat?, Deutsche Welle’s Ice-Blog
Norway: UN Secretary-General to visit Norwegian Arctic, Eye on the Arctic
Russia: Ancient virus found in Arctic permafrost, Alaska Dispatch News
Sweden: How will global warming affect the average Swede?, Radio Sweden
USA: Warming, fires, warming, fires: How tundra wildfires could create an unstoppable cycle, Alaska Dispatch News
