Climate Change and Climate Responsibility. Our Responsibility

The effects of climate change are becoming more visible all over the world, and few people still question whether it is man-made.Climate change is no longer just a question of melting ice and starving polar bears in the Arctic.Today we are seeing drought, overheating, forest fires, landslides, extreme rains and floods, all of which can be linked to a changing climate.Melting snow in the high mountains causing floods in the late fall -not the spring -is a specific example from Norway last year.Certain species of fish previously only found in temperate areas, which are now also being found in the Barents Sea, is another example from the Nordic sphere.In 2015, the United Nations Member States unanimously endorsed the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).The goals represent an urgent call for action by all countries, recognizing that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, and reduce inequality -all while tackling climate change and the effort to preserve our oceans and forests. 1 Developments after the endorsement of the 2030 Agenda, however, have not been progressing in the direction of its goals.The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2 which is the UN's expert organ for assessing the science related to climate and climate change, recently came with strong warnings.In its 2018

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