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Resistance to the Kuannersuit mining project had a decisive impact on Greenland’s general election on 6 April. The project would have granted rights to exploit one of the largest undeveloped deposits of rare earths and uranium in the world.
writes that while the results of the election may have put the Kuannersuit project on hold, Greenland’s new government is eager to initiate other mining projects and remains open to investment from China. He argues it is time for the EU and the United States to step up with viable green alternatives.
Four years ago, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greenland welcomed Donald Trump’s choice of oil executive Rex Tillerson as US Secretary of State. At the time, Tillerson’s appointment was viewed as a potential boost to oil extraction in the Arctic. Yet things can change quickly both in Washington and Nuuk, Greenland’s capital. On 6 April this year, following a campaign that focused on social and environmental sustainability, the left-wing Inuit Ataqatigiit party (IA) won Greenland’s general election and has now formed a new government.