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Rolf Rødven

Researcher

Jun 16, 2026

2:43
So what have been the challenges when it comes to accessing data? What have been the challenges when it comes to talking to the researchers sitting in Russia in the Arctic Council or in AMAP?
2:56
Just to start with what you said, like how the Arctic is impacting the rest of the world.
3:01
We sometimes under-communicate how immense those impacts are.
3:05
I mean, the Arctic has already contributed to a sea level rise of four centimeters.
3:09
So it's more than twice what you see as contributions from Antarctica, for instance.
3:15
Four centimeters, how much is that actually? Well, if you instead of spreading that all throughout the world, if you took all that water and put it into Europe, you would kind of drown every European on the European part of the continent.
3:27
You would have a wall of water being two meters high.

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9:46
Or what would you say if you could say top three from AMAP or Arctic Council perspective? What are the top three problematic data areas? Explain like I'm five.
22:45
I'm not sure if we're still under Fight Club rules here or not, but can you say anything about the science diplomacy, the collaboration with Russian colleagues in AMAP at this point? Is that something you're at liberty to talk about?
22:56
I mean, we've been closely collaborating with Russia all the way, I mean, since the very beginning.
23:01
And it may be a surprise to people, but one of the things, first thing we started to collaborate with Russia on was radioactivity.
23:08
which is of course a sensitive issue due to nuclear capacities and so on.
23:13
So from the very beginning we have been collaborating with Russia on topics that may seem sensitive from the political side.
23:22
And it has worked very well on some areas.
23:25
We have seen more engagement than others, like human health, for instance.
26:39
But perhaps you can tell us a bit about the state of climate in 2025 based upon this new AMAP publication.

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