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Svalbard is one of the fastest warming places on earth. The archipelago, located about halfway between the North Pole and continental Norway, is warming many times faster than the rest of the world, according to the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
And yet Svalbard is home to the world’s northernmost coal mine and a coal-fired power plant that supplies electricity to the 2,500 residents who live here year-round. Moving away from coal in Svalbard has been a difficult and drawn-out process that involves economic, energy security and geopolitical concerns.
We packed our warmest clothes and travelled to Svalbard to find out why it’s so hard to quit coal. If a rich Arctic community on the frontlines of climate change can’t manage, what does that say about our global dependence on this cheap, reliable and dirty resource? Can we all ever kick the coal habit?
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As mobile games like Free Fire surge in popularity across Latin America, the video game industry is booming in countries like Brazil and Argentina. This has opened new job opportunities in esports, content creation and game development. But women in particular struggle to break through in an environment riddled with toxicity and discrimination, both in front of and behind the screen.
Maria Luiza do Nascimento Santos, a 23-year-old Free Fire player from Rio de Janeiro, has noticed that when she turns on the microphone and players can hear she’s a woman, “it seems to change who’s on your side.”
For her, the sacrifice is worth it to make a living doing what she loves. But almost half of all women surveyed in 2022 said they played a game less or stopped playing it completely because of online harassment. It’s not just name-calling online, sexism permeates the industry – from esports arenas to game studios. Watch the above video and meet the women fighting for their spot at the console.
This video is part of a series supported by the Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
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