I wrote this statement to Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and Building, Martin Lidegaard as the Danish national statement to the COP19 in Warsaw, Poland, November 21, 2013. National Statement Your Excellencies – Ladies and Gentlemen A couple of months ago I visited a small Arctic settlement in the North-Eastern part of Greenland together with my Greenlandic colleague. On the fragile cover of ice and snow, climate change has left its unmistakable warning about what is coming to all of us. It is here that we see the change first written in black and white as clear as the IPCC report. The locals told us about the rapidly receding sea ice and its impact on their lives. It is not the first time I have witnessed the consequences of man-made climate change in Greenland. As a barometer the Arctic changes warn us of a climate in distress, screaming for a comprehensive global response....