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Donald Trump is not the biggest threat facing Greenland
Climate crisis offers both rewards and risks to the land mass.
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Half the respondents to the survey of Greenland residents said that climate change would harm people in the autonomous territory.
PHOTO: CARSTEN SNEJBJERG/NYTIMES
Lara Williams
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Greenland is one of the few places on earth where climate change is sometimes referred to as an opportunity by making it less inhabitable for those who live there and more accessible to those who do not, a point not missed by leaders elsewhere. With the landmass no longer safely insulated by sea ice, the world is knocking on Greenland’s door.
But it is not all upside: Even while the effects of a warming planet open up new revenue streams for Greenland’s 57,000-strong population via mining, shipping and tourism, they will also have to reckon with potential losses of heritage and new weather risks.
