Mary Kay Magistad (Creator & host of "On China's New Silk Road" podcast)

Climate change is a global crisis; China’s leaders also see it as an opportunity. There’s a new Arctic trade route, new access to rare earths in once-frozen ground, and perhaps a chance to get a toehold in Greenland, as it pushes for full independence from Denmark. Ironically, other aspects of China’s New Silk Road – a global building out of roads, railways, ports, coal-fired power stations, and more – may be speeding the rate of climate change that’s melting polar ice, even as China increases its own use of renewable energy and has become a world leader in exporting renewable energy components... (more details at the link above).