Ice-Blog: In search of consensus in troubled times – Students in Scotland run model Arctic Council
When I was growing up on the southern outskirts of Glasgow in the 1970s, a trip to Oban was known
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Author: Irene Quaile
Blog: Thawing permafrost: Arctic future on shaky ground bodes ill for the global climate
When I first visited Greenland on a reporting trip in the summer of 2009, my first stop, like that of
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Blog: Business as usual for fossil fuels as polar ice melt bodes more climate chaos in 2022
This December brought some stark reminders of the events that made this year one I will not forget – and
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Blog: Glasgow outcome – A COP-out for the Arctic, and the rest of the planet
My expectations for COP26 were not high. What we needed to come out of it was huge. But at the
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Blog: Walk the talk? Can COP26 drive global transformation in time to save the planet?
Will Glasgow’s COP26 be remembered like Copenhagen (disaster) or Paris (breakthrough)? Is the climate glass half empty or half full?
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Blog: Arctic SOS to Climate COP26 – urgent action needed to avert weather catastrophe
With the final countdown running for the UN climate conference, COP26, in Glasgow, the mood is shifting between desperate hope
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Blog: 1.5°C is way too high – Thoughts from a flood-stricken German valley
We are fine and glad to live up a hill, but in shock, with the region around us devastated by
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Blog – Tipping points: can a leaked report tip the scales to climate action?
I was working through my Twitter feed, fretting about the incredible temperatures in the high north and researching my next
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Blog – Hot times ahead as oil-fuelled Russia chairs the Arctic Council and polar warming picks up pace
The bi-annual Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council in Reykjavik, Iceland, on May 20th attracted a lot of media interest – not least
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Blog: German High Court win for climate activists is good news for the Arctic
In Germany, where I live, the country’s highest court, the Federal Constitutional Court, – unnoticed by much of the international
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Blog – Can we make peace with nature in a rapidly changing Arctic?
The United Nations Environment Programme is calling for bold action to “make peace with nature” by cutting greenhouse gases and
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Blog: International Polar Bear Day – Only rapid emissions reductions can ensure the Arctic icons survive beyond 2100
February 27th is International Polar Bear Day. In the rapidly warming Arctic climate, sea ice is declining at record rates, destroying
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Blog – 2021: Future doesn’t just happen – It’s what we make it
As I started work on this post, on December 23rd the thermometer here in north-western Germany showed 14° Celsius. I’ve
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Blog – Some gloom when it comes to Arctic climate, but also a promise of progress
On November 23, Germany’s public service broadcaster ARD dedicated its prime viewing time after the evening news to the Arctic,
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Ice Blog – When the Arctic ice won’t freeze
Imagine you head for the North Pole to test your brand-new giant, state-of-the-art icebreaker – and you can’t find any
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