India’s investment in polar research might seem strange to some but not to Norway’s King Harald V. “That is where we see the changes most quickly as far as climate change is concerned. [In the Arctic] it is very very obvious what is happening,” the King told The Hindu in an interview.
The King shared hopes of reaching a strong deal at the U.N. climate change conference in Paris in 2015.
Climate change is a top priority for Norway and it has established links in the field with India, which has a base in the Arctic at Ny-Ålesund in Svalbard.
It will also be a running theme during the visit by President Pranab Mukherjee on October 13 and 14.
