The second of two episodes featuring Jess Worth – a co-editor of New Internationalist - who has recently finished editing an issue of the magazine which takes an in-depth look at the Arctic from the perspective of its indigenous peoples and climate change.

This week, we look at the historic Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change and its implications for the UN climate talks in Copenhagen at the end of the year; the Arctic’s central position in the climate tipping point story; and the rush to exploit the fossil fuel resources in the Arctic opened up by the sea ice melt. We also hear from Vietnam vet and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge campaigner, Robert Thompson, about the effect an oil spill would have and about the oil company tactic of bribery that has attempted to split and buy-out local opposition to oil drilling.

New Internationalist – Arctic Issue
 http://www.newint.org/issues/current
Resisting Environmental Destruction on Indigenous Lands (REDOIL)
 http://www.ienearth.org/redoil.html

Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change
 http://www.indigenoussummit.com
The Anchorage Declaration
 http://www.indigenoussummit.com/servlet/content/declaration.html
Summit press release
 http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-04/unu-ipa041309.php

Antarctic Environmental Protocol (prohibits commercial exploration of mineral resources)
 http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_antarctica/geopolitical/environmental_issues/environmental_protocol.php
Costing the Earth – Antarctic Treaty (BBC Radio 4, 9 April 2009)
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jhp5g
Hillary Clinton - Antarctic Treaty 50th Anniversary speech
 http://hillaryunleashed.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/50th-anniversary-of-the-antarctic-treaty

International Polar Year (IPY) “State of Polar Research” report (Feb 2009)
 http://ipy.arcticportal.org/images/uploads/IPY_State_of_Polar_Research_EN_web.pdf
IPY Report press release (Feb 2009)
 http://ipy.arcticportal.org/images/uploads/ipy-pr-en.pdf
Extreme Ice Survey
 http://www.extremeicesurvey.org

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