Trump Administration’s Securitization of Arctic Affairs and Its Implications for U.S. Federally Funded Research The Trump Administration is in the process of securitizing Arctic affairs. "That will almost certainly have a significant impact on the future of U.S. federally funded research related to the Arctic", says Michael Walsh, researcher atthe University of the Witwatersrand.
Greenland Joins the Paris Agreement on Climate Change The Parliament of Greenland, Inatsisartut, has decided that the island will join the Paris Agreement on climate policy and design a national climate strategy. "I am proud that we are taking joint responsibility and acting in the face of the climate crisis," says the Greenlandic Minister of Energy and Environment.
The USA Joining the Paris Agreement Again: One Step in the Right Direction for the Arctic Carrying out his ambitious climate policy on a national level may not necessarily be easy for Joe Biden, however, researchers argue that it is a particularly good thing that both the USA and China, who account for almost 40 percent of global emissions, now are back at the table again in international climate politics.
From the Central Pacific to the Arctic Impacts of climate change intimately link the Central Pacific and the Arctic, argue delegates from Fiji and Niue.