Day 59: Jens, Greenland

The sea ice has grown thinner, the hunters of Northern and Eastern Greenland are unable to go hunting because of the lack of ice, the edge of the glacier has retreated in Ilulissat and the permafrost is thawing.  These reports from the remote parts of Greenland are tangible testimonies to the effects that climate changes already have in our country. I believe we will hear many more accounts of this kind during the coming years: descriptions of the nature of Greenland undergoing changes.

I cannot too strongly urge Denmark and its allies to do their very best to bring their influence to bear to ensure a global effort against climate change. The climate changes will have great consequences for our lives, not just in Greenland and the arctic regions, but all over the world.

Jens is a former Greenlandic minister of the environment.  Photo: Knud Josefsen