'Ecological Grief': Greenland Residents Traumatised by Climate Emergency

Built in the 1970s, the social housing blocks in Ilulissat are the hidden frontline of the climate crisis. Photograph: Dewald Brand

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Islanders are struggling to reconcile impact of global heating with traditional way of life, survey finds

theguardian.com - by Dan McDougall - August 12, 2019

The climate crisis is causing unprecedented levels of stress and anxiety to people in Greenland who are struggling to reconcile the traumatic impact of global heating with their traditional way of life.

The first ever national survey examining the human impact of the climate emergency, revealed in the Guardian on Monday, shows that more than 90% of islanders interviewed fully accept that the climate crisis is happening, with a further 76% claiming to have personally experienced global heating in their daily lives, from coping with dangerous sea ice journeys to having sled dogs euthanised for economic reasons tied to shorter winters.

The Greenlandic Perspectives Survey was carried out by the University of Copenhagen’s Center for Social Data Science, the Kraks Fond Institute for Urban Economic Research and the University of Greenland.

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