Sörlin featured in new article: How a warming Arctic connects to the rise of populism in the US and Europe

March 31st, 2019

Martin Breum, a Danish journalist and author on Arctic issues, travelled to Stockholm to meet with Sverker Sörlin. Breum wonders,  “Why is it that the climate crisis, which seems to call for urgent and stringent international efforts, is met by what seems to be the exact opposite: Still more nationalist and populist movements, governments and presidents who evade or actively undermine the international accords and initiatives so urgently called for in the struggle against global warming?”

 

Read the English language article here in Arctic Today, the Danish article in Weekendavisen and the Norwegian High North News.

 

 

 

Photo: A “yellow vest” protestor waves a French flag in Paris. Florent Julliard / Panoramic via Reuters.

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