Some 20% of Russia’s GDP comes from its Arctic region. Climate change means Russia can extract and ship fossil fuels more easily from the once perpetually frozen landscape.
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“Under former Prime Minister [Stephen] Harper's leadership, Canada showed the world what it means to stand up for what's right,” Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, said.
“I am proud to continue to use my voice in support of the State of Israel, while addressing and forcefully denouncing the ongoing and very worrisome rise of anti-Semitism,” Harper said.