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Author: Irene Quaile

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Ice-Blog: In search of consensus in troubled times – Students in Scotland run model Arctic Council

Irene Quaile
Posted: Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 10:13
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When I was growing up on the southern outskirts of Glasgow in the 1970s, a trip to Oban was known

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Blog: Thawing permafrost: Arctic future on shaky ground bodes ill for the global climate

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, February 11, 2022 at 12:21
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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

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, December 24, 2021 at 12:16
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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

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, November 15, 2021 at 15:57
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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?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 15:11
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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

Irene Quaile
Posted: Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 10:54
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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

Irene Quaile
Posted: Thursday, July 22, 2021 at 12:02
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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?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, June 28, 2021 at 07:55
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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

Irene Quaile
Posted: Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 12:01
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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

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, May 14, 2021 at 10:41
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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?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 16:57
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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

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, February 26, 2021 at 09:57
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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

Irene Quaile
Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 14:26 — Last Updated: Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 14:38
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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

Irene Quaile
Posted: Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 13:12 — Last Updated: Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 14:44
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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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Environment Environment (Russia) 

Ice Blog – When the Arctic ice won’t freeze

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, October 30, 2020 at 15:51
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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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