Greenland was one amongst the three constituent countries of the Kingdom of Denmark known as Danish Realm. The three countries that make up former Danish Realm are Faroe Islands, Greenland and Denmark. Historically, Greenland was tied with Denmark after the unitary state Denmark-Norway was dissolved in 1814, Greenland remained under Danish colonial empire however colonial status ceased in 1953.
In 1721 modern colonization began with the Norwegian- Danish missionary Hans Egede, who traveled on behalf of the Danish Crown to re-Christianize the Norse (the earliest settlers of Greenland) but found Inuit whom he Christianize and thus, Greenland became a Danish colony. Greenland was granted home rule …show more content…
Arctic and Greenland are most affected by global warming. Global warming and the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet have prolonged consequences for the people as well as the environment in the Arctic. The effects of global warming in the Arctic and Greenland include rising temperatures, potential methane release from the region loss of sea ice and melting of the Greenland ice sheet. Greenland is melting at an alarming rate as large slabs of ice break off from the mainland and float away as icebergs. Global warming has so much effect in the Arctic and Greenland as temperature increases, there is a release of methane from thawing of the …show more content…
Fishermen and hunters communities are the most vulnerable to global warming, they are the ones who feel the changes the most, especially considering fishing and hunting is done mainly on sea ice. Securing adequate food supply during the winter by fishermen and hunters is usually difficult, with the fact that the main export from Greenland is fish and shrimp. Greenland is on the front line of climate change negative experience of anthropogenic change, as evident in the reduction of sea ice and the melting of the country’s massive inland ice sheet.
Political Aspect: The inability to become an independent country, Greenland lack control over certain systems, such as justice system, police system, prison affairs and the coastguard.
The change of one-price system in Greenland had the consequence that all the commodities, as well as the services in the settlements became extremely expensive and this had a big impact on the many of the inhabitants. Quite a few dispute that using real-cost prices will force people to relocate to the cities, which can lead to the closing of