The Climate Guru Ep. 37 - Greenland, Climate Change, and Shared Responsibility

About this episode

This episode explores the impact of climate change on Greenland and the shared responsibility of global emissions.

Greenland is 80% ice and home to 58,000 people, most of them Indigenous Inuit whose communities and culture depend on the stability of Arctic ice. That ice is disappearing at an alarming rate. In this episode, we explore what is happening in Greenland and how global emissions, particularly from the United States, are shaping its future. The U.S. has contributed more cumulative greenhouse gases than any other nation in history, roughly 22% of all emissions still in the atmosphere. Today, it remains the second largest emitter after China, despite representing only a small percentage of the world’s population. Arctic temperatures are rising three to four times faster than the global average due to Arctic amplification. Greenland’s ice sheet is melting seven times faster than it did in the 1990s. Coastal villages are eroding. Infrastructure is collapsing. Fisheries that supply the majority of local income and protein are under threat. Wildlife such as polar bears, walrus, and seals are losing habitat. Oceans are acidifying. Sea levels have already risen about 10 inches globally, and Greenland accounts for a significant share of the ice driven contribution. This episode looks at…

People in this episode

Host: Brent Probinsky

Topics covered

• climate change
• Greenland
• Indigenous rights
• Arctic
• global responsibility
• climate justice
• environmental impact

Keywords

• Greenland
• climate change
• Arctic
• Indigenous rights
• global emissions
• sea level rise
• environmental justice
• Arctic amplification
• greenhouse gases

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Greenland, United States, China, Arctic, coastal villages, Greenland’s ice sheet, Oceans, polar bears, walrus, seals

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