US president Donald Trump’s attempted annexations of Greenland and Canada earlier in 2026 were signs of mounting climate-linked geopolitical tensions, according to ex-diplomat Arthur Snell.

Central to the “Arctic Great Game”, Snell believes, both are rich in precious minerals essential for the energy transition and are becoming increasingly important to extractivist economies for access to the wider Arctic region. As the planet warms, shipping routes will open across the sea ice, and the area may become more agriculturally and industrially productive. Other countries are making moves, too: Russia ...

 

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