Where the ground gets to hot

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Climate change is occurring three to four times faster in the Arctic than elsewhere in the world. Therefore the changing weather patterns affect the Vuntut Gwitchin very hard.

Canada  – Recent climate reports confirm what the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in Old Crow, Canada, has been experiencing for years: the Arctic landscape is changing dramatically as a result of climate change.

Changing weather patterns and rising temperatures not only affect fragile nature, but also their culture and food supply. How can they survive and at what cost?

Images: Nicole Franken – Text: Yvonne Dudock

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