Arctic

Saving the world starts with the Arctic. Here's why

Children play amid icebergs on the beach in Nuuk, Greenland, June 5, 2016. REUTERS/Alister Doyle     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY      - S1AETJRAEBAA

The effects of climate change will be felt far beyond the North Pole. Image: REUTERS/Alister Doyle

Halla Hrund Logadottir
Co-Founder and Co-Director, Arctic Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
John Letzing
Digital Editor, Strategic Intelligence, World Economic Forum
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Monthly September ice extent for 1979 to 2018 shows a decline of 12.8 percent per decade.
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