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Antarctica
L'Arctique en première ligne
L'année dernière, les températures dans le cercle Arctique ont atteint leurs niveaux les plus élevés jamais enregistrés.
Professor Gail Whiteman is Director of the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business, a scientific member of the European Union’s Ice, Climate, Economics – Arctic Research on Change project, and Professor-in-Residence at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Professor Whiteman also created the Arctic Basecamp at Davos 2017.
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Environment and Natural Resource Security
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Environment and Natural Resource Security
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