Climate Change Has Turned Greenland Into a Target for Trump
The New York Times••world
Key Points:
- President Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the legal basis for global climate cooperation, extending beyond the previous exit from the 2015 Paris Agreement.
- The administration also declared its intention to leave the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the leading U.N. climate science organization.
- Greenland's rapidly warming climate and shrinking ice sheet have increased its strategic importance, prompting the Trump administration to consider acquiring the island from Denmark.
- Despite U.S. interest, Greenlanders oppose the acquisition, and Denmark's prime minister warned that any military intervention could jeopardize NATO relations.
- The Arctic's changing environment due to climate change is opening new shipping routes
