The Government of Greenland organises a parallel event

The exhibition will be officially opened by HRH Crown Prince Frederik and Kuupik Kleist, Premier of Naalakkersuisut, and will be open to the public from 12–20 December.

The purpose of the exhibition is to foster an appreciation of and insight into how Greenland deals with the challenges and opportunities afforded by climate change.

Greenland agrees with the world concerning the need for a climate charter capable of inhibiting global warming. At the same time, shared but differentiated responsibility must be ensured in the future climate charter. Greenland needs to secure its future economic development.

Greenland still desires to demonstrate a high level of responsibility in terms of restricting global warming. However, Greenland also needs to make the most of opportunities for industrial exploitation of its natural oil and minerals resources, and major wind power potential. 

Rooted in our cultural background, the people of Greenland must demonstrate the ability to adapt to the general developments we face, particularly developments associated with climate challenges.

Focusing on opportunities
The key message of the exhibition is delivered in the form of a number of themes giving examples of the development opportunities that climate change is helping to open up to the people of Greenland. A number of organisations and companies contribute to describing these themes.

Renewable energy: hydro-electric power, hydrogen technology, solar power and wind power.

Energy-intensive industry: the aluminium smelter plant project.
Research: current research projects.

Marine and land resources: agriculture, fishing and the fishing industry

Raw materials: prospecting for and exploitation of oil, gas and minerals.

Business development: the road to a sustainable economy

Sustainability: the seal as an example of full utilisation of resources

Infrastructure: transportation, communications and green ICT

Ice and water: Greenland's water, a new revenue stream

Tourism: adapting tourism and developing climate tourism

Culture: building bridges between traditional and future cultures.

This problem area is included as an element of the exhibition, partly in the form of installations by artists from Greenland. Six children and their teacher from Kulusuk participate during the exhibition. They carve and produce animals, kayaks, etc.
Dressed up as an iceberg

During COP15, Nordatlantens Brygge (the Government of Greenland's North Atlantic House cultural centre) will be literally dressed up to put the spotlight on Greenland and the global climate. From the middle of November, the building will be transformed into a gigantic iceberg. The iceberg installation is being implemented by Inuk Silis-Høegh.

Exhibition facts
The exhibition is open to the public daily between 10 am and 6 pm from 12–20 December.
Films and presentations on various topics relevant to Greenland and the climate – are scheduled every day throughout the exhibition period.

The programme will be available at www.climategreenland.gl  

More information:
About the parallel event, In the Eye of Climate Change, at Nordatlantens Brygge, Copenhagen:
Tove Søvndahl Pedersen, Head of Representation
Greenland Representation
e-mail: tsp@ghsdk.dk  - tel. +45 3283 3836