Issues affecting circumpolar nations
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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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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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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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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Rapid emissions cuts could still ensure their long-term survival. Otherwise, some Arctic regions seem set to lose polar bears by
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In the remote, high Arctic region of north-eastern Greenland, at 74° North, a scattered group of blue and white buildings
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It’s raining. I’m delighted. A strange response from a Scot who has fled the damp British climate. I write this
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One good thing about people no longer being in office is they are freer to come out with their own
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It’s been a scorcher of a week here in Bonn, Germany. Delegates to the UNFCCC climate talks (one of the interim meetings
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When I first visited Greenland back in 2009, it was not a place that made the news very often. This
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Following the news over the weekend with a trip to Greenland this summer at the back of my mind, my
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Working for an international broadcaster which has Africa as one of its key target groups, I often find it difficult
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“Irene, have you heard the news? Looks like Trump has pulled out of the Paris Agreement.” While the US President
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It is hard to tell where the most influential conversations on the future of the Arctic are being held right
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This week I came across an interesting publication about to come on to the German market. “The fossil empire strikes
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