When 30 climate activists from 18 countries protested drilling at an oil platform operated by Gazprom in the Russian Arctic, they represented the people of the world taking a symbolic stand against climate destruction.
The carbon released from thawing permafrost could raise global temperatures even higher.
Hans Rosling lecture 28 September 2013, 200 years of global change, climate science, history projections & the IPCC AR5 report explained.
One of the world's top climate diplomats, John Ashton is now an independent commentator and adviser on the politics of climate change.
