The U.S. State Department has named a new special envoy for the Arctic amid increased competition with Russia and China for influence in the region, which is facing some of the most damaging effects of climate change.
MORE: Pentagon warns about China's increased activity in the Arctic, growing ambition to expand its presence
A floating dam is installed to limit the spread of oil pollution following a massive fuel spill in the Ambarnaya River outside Norilsk, June 10, 2020. Instead, after meeting with Kofod and Greenlandic Minister of Foreign Affairs and Energy Steen Lynge, Pompeo said the U.S. will work with them on"growing Greenland's mining and energy sectors through transparent investment, helping manage land and fisheries, increasing tourism, and much, much more."
This week, all-time temperature records were set in Norwegian Arctic territory, including at the world's northernmost inhabited settlement. Russia's Siberia has seen record-setting temperatures in June and a summer of historic forest fires, whose smoke has blackened skies in parts of Alaska and whose carbon emissions hit record levels. Sea ice melt is on track to be nearly as bad and possibly even worse than the record set in 2012.
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