Yeb Saño Filipino Climate Change Commissioner in the Arctic

Yeb Saño, Filipino Climate Change Commissioner in the Arctic, visiting retreating glacier Fjortonde julibreen on Svalbard. Yeb is sailing with Greenpeace to the Arctic Ocean to put the spotlight on climate change around the time of the sea ice minimum.

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Minimum Arctic Sea Ice Tour

Greenpeace tours the Arctic Ocean with its ship MY Esperanza. During the tour Yeb Saño, Filipino Climate Change Commissioner, joins the ship. As the Arctic sea ice is about to reach its lowest extent of the year, commissioner Saño is at the ice edge with Greenpeace to demand that world leaders take action on climate change at the upcoming summit in New York. President Anote Tong of the Pacific Island nation Kiribati also sails with Greenpeace to the Arctic to learn more about the connection between the melting Arctic glaciers and the sea level rise drowning his country.

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Unique identifier: GP0STOKRT

Type: Image

Shoot date: 08/09/2014

Locations: Arctic, Arctic Ocean, Norway, Svalbard

Size: 7009px × 4677px 13.81 MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)