An Update on Brett Simpson

Brett interviewing Sami activist Beaska Niillas in Kvalsund, Norway back in 2021.

Brett Simpson, Kuhn winner in 2021, is one of two journalists named for the Institute for Current World Affairs 2024-2026 fellowship. Starting next summer, she will be based in Tromsø, Norway, documenting Arctic climate changes and shifting geopolitics in an era of rising temperatures and tension. After Russia invaded Ukraine, the Arctic Council was suspended and all circum-Arctic data sharing on climate projects abruptly stopped. Ever since, for the first time in the era of climate change, the Arctic has been split effectively in half. Here is a story she reported for Foreign Policy.