The World Above 1.5°C: Flooding Disasters from Libya to Hong Kong

Global temperatures have slightly decreased after a  summer with 36 consecutive days above any previous record, a phenomenon not seen in at least 125,000 years. However, the two consecutive months above 1.5C provided a... READ MORE

Polar Tipping Points Hub in WEF Global Collaboration Village

This week, the Polar Tipping Points Hub was launched in the Global Collaboration Village, a metaverse built by the World Economic Forum in partnership with Accenture and Microsoft, with scientific support from Arctic... READ MORE

Arctic Basecamp Plays Significant Role in New Polar Metaverse by World Economic Forum

The World Economic Forum (WEF) launched the Polar Tipping Points Hub, a groundbreaking virtual reality experience in collaboration with Accenture and Microsoft, yesterday at UN Climate Week in New York... READ MORE

Mind-blowing alarm bells need to be ringing: Antarctica’s ice remains well-below any previous record

“Almost mind-blowing.” That’s how Walter Meier of the NSIDC describes the records Antarctica has set this year.... READ MORE

A rare northern hurricane continues to make records

Hurricane Lee is preparing to slam into northern New England and the Canadian... READ MORE

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CO2 Budget Depletion

GLOBAL
CLIMATE
RISK.

The Arctic early-warning system is flashing red. Extreme Arctic warming is triggering a cascade of risks across the rest of the planet. Explore the Arctic Risk Platform to find out what the Arctic climate crisis means for you.

Arctic Basecamp plays crucial scientific role
The Polar Tipping Points Hub, a groundbreaking virtual reality experience in collaboration with Accenture and Microsoft, launched at UN Climate Week in New York City.
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CREATE A NAME. MAKE A CHANGE.
Rapid Arctic warming has global impacts. If you become an Arctic name changer, it can be a real game changer. Once you have created your Arctic name, make it your name on social media to create an impact.
Is Your Country Climate Vulnerable?
Climate Vulnerability is used to describe economies and ecosystems that are highly vulnerable to warming and the many other complex impacts from climate change.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT
Climate change leads to more severe, and more frequent, extreme weather events. Rising atmospheric temperatures and moisture across the world, adversely affects human health and work productivity. This has a negative impact on people’s livelihoods and wider economies.
SDGs and THE ARCTIC
Progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals is under threat. Arctic change puts all 17 goals at risk. Find out why.
EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS
The latest science links Arctic climate change to extreme weather across the Northern Hemisphere with more certainty than ever before, bringing cold waves, superstorms, and heatwaves to our doorsteps.
FOOD INSECURITY
Arctic change worsens droughts, floods, storms and other extreme weather events that pose a direct threat to global food supplies.
WATER INSECURITY
Arctic warming disrupts rainfall patterns, changes weather patterns and leads to glacial melt, threatening water supplies across the world.
SEA LEVEL RISE
The Greenland ice sheet holds the equivalent of 7.4m of potential sea level rise. As it melts, it puts millions of people around the world at risk.
HEAT STRESS
The loss of Arctic ice and snow increases the global risk of heatwaves, meaning skyrocketing temperatures in already-hot parts of the world.
Liters/sec tonnes/sec
Greenland rate of ice loss
13 million l/s
on average
13 million tonnes/s
on average
km² mi²
Arctic Sea Ice Extent
2,161,499 km²
below 1981-2010 average on 20-Sep-2023
834,555 mi²
below 1981-2010 average on 20-Sep-2023
warming rate
Arctic Amplification
4 times
faster than global average
MT
Arctic 66N+ Wildfire emissions
24,864.17 megatonnes CO₂e
CO₂e emissions in 2023 so far
μg/m³
Arctic Air Quality (PM2.5)
4.89 microgram per cubic meter
on 21-Sep-2023
rising rate
Global mean Sea Level
3.4mm/year
since 1993