January 26, 2023
Pakistan’s climate minister, Sherry Rehman, spoke to Reuters IMPACT and Arctic Basecamp on the fringes of the World Economic Forum saying that while everybody wants to help, the glass is only one-third full right now and that “hope is not a plan.”
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Nov. 11, 2025
A framework for assessing global health impacts of polar change: An urgent call for interdisciplinary research
The polar regions are changing faster than anywhere else on Earth — and these shifts are reshaping the conditions that sustain human health worldwide. Melting ice, thawing permafrost, warming oceans and shifting jet streams are altering weather, air, and food systems far beyond the poles.
In a new paper, Arctic Basecamp scientists Netra Naik, Karol Bot and Executive Director Professor Gail Whiteman, with an international team of health and climate experts, present a framework linking polar physical change to global and regional health risks. Their research reveals how climate-driven disruptions cascade through ecosystems and societies — intensifying heat stress, food insecurity, disease spread and displacement — and calls for these amplified risks to be embedded in health policy and planning worldwide.
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Oct. 30, 2025
Reimagining Collaboration in XR: Lessons from the Global Collaboration Village
The new Reimagining Collaboration in XR report from the World Economic Forum spotlights how immersive technology can drive global cooperation — and climate action.
Featuring Arctic Basecamp’s Pavilion, co-authored by Professor Gail Whiteman, the report shows how leaders were virtually placed on Arctic ice to experience the urgency of polar tipping points firsthand.
A powerful example of how innovation can turn data into empathy — and empathy into action. Read the full report here.
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Oct. 30, 2025
Business on the Edge
As escalating climate hazards threaten trillions in corporate assets, the new Business on the Edge report from the World Economic Forum warns that resilience is no longer optional- it’s existential.
Co-authored by our Executive Director Professor Gail Whiteman, this groundbreaking analysis connects Earth system tipping points to boardroom risk, revealing how physical climate shocks could erode global company earnings by up to 7% annually by 2035. The report challenges business leaders to move beyond mitigation toward adaptation, embedding resilience into every strategic decision.
Read the full Business on the Edge report to explore where the next disruptions will hit — and how forward-thinking companies can turn systemic risk into long-term strength.
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