Cold facts, hot topics, and uncertain futures:Political and industry responses to climate changes in greenland

This article discusses political and industry responses to climate changes in a Greenlandic context. Using mining and tourism as two telling examples, we show how global discourses on the Arctic as a “climate loser” is reconfigured locally seeing receding ice as an opportunity for industrial and tou...

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Main Authors: Ren, C., Bjørst, L. R.
Other Authors: Goldstein, Michael I., Dellasala, Dominick A.
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Arctic
Climate change
Climate discourses
CO emissions
Fossil fuel dependency
Greenland
Industry responses
Melting ice cape
Mining
Tourism
greenlandic
Online Access:https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/a4cfe0f6-4d81-4624-a0c5-26ed3fa9fd2d
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809665-9.09792-5
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85079106033&partnerID=8YFLogxK
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Summary:This article discusses political and industry responses to climate changes in a Greenlandic context. Using mining and tourism as two telling examples, we show how global discourses on the Arctic as a “climate loser” is reconfigured locally seeing receding ice as an opportunity for industrial and tourism development. Paradoxically, the expected opportunities of actual and anticipated climate changes have entailed reluctance within the political establishment and in the industry against reducing CO 2 emissions and are expected to strengthen the dependency on fossil fuels in the years to come.

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