The Arctic Council declaration is an affirmation of goals and principles among the eight Arctic nations, which meet every two years. All three said the United States initially wanted no reference to climate change or the Paris international climate agreement in the joint statement to be issued in Finland. [House passes major climate change measure with little chance of passage in the Senate]Climate change has become a central issue for the Arctic Council as warming in the Arctic has accelerated. He predicted the final document will include something “substantive” and “robust” on the impact of climate change in the Arctic, although he was not sure whether the phrase ‘climate change’ itself would be used. As a congressman from Kansas, he made equivocal statements about the validity of scientific assessments of climate change, and called the Obama administration climate agenda “radical.”Pompeo will also visit Greenland on his European trip next week, where he could see dramatic effects of climate change up close.

Source: Washington Post May 02, 2019 15:27 UTC