The U.S. has refused to sign an agreement on challenges in the Arctic due to discrepancies over climate change wording, diplomats said on Tuesday, jeopardizing cooperation in the polar region at the sharp edge of global warming
1 / 7Arctic Council ministers meet in FinlandFront row from left, Foreign Ministers of Norway, Ine Eriksen Soreide, Russia, Sergey Lavrov, Sweden, Margot Wallstrom, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Finland's Timo Soini, Canada's Chrystia Freeland, Denmark's Anders Samuelsen and Iceland's Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson pose for a picture during the Arctic Council summit at the Lappi Areena in Rovaniemi, Finland May 7, 2019.
A meeting of eight nations bordering the Arctic in Rovaniemi in Finland on Tuesday was supposed to frame a two-year agenda to balance the challenge of global warming with sustainable development of mineral wealth. The idea for"a simpler, positive, unified, collective message" had come from Russia and Canada, he added.
Addressing the Council, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said President Donald Trump's administration"shares your deep commitment to environmental stewardship" in the Arctic. But he said collective goals were not always the answer.
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