Arctic

Forget the FTSE 500: the Arctic is the real barometer of global risk

Heimdal Glacier in southern Greenland is seen in a NASA image captured by Langley Research Center's Falcon 20 aircraft October 13, 2015 and released November 24, 2015.

Image: REUTERS/NASA/John Sonntag/Handout via Reuters

Gail Whiteman
Professor of Sustainability, University of Exeter Business School, University of Exeter
Jeremy Wilkinson
Sea Ice Physicist, British Antarctic Survey
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