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'Everything here is impacted by climate change'
The remote islands of Svalbard are seeing warming two times faster than other areas of the Arctic and five to seven times faster than the rest of the world.
A number of residents are taking part in global protests over the weekend against the burning of fossil fuels.
Hilde Falun Strom lives in the Svalbard capital. She explained to Newshour how the climate has changed over the years.
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