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Goldman Sachs says it will no longer fund Arctic oil drilling, despite the president’s ambitions. But is it doing enough on climate change?

“The impacts of a changing Arctic are not confined to those who live there," researchers wrote in the 14th annual Arctic Report Card.

A starving polar bear strayed hundreds of kilometers away from its natural habitat and wandered into the industrial city of Norilsk in northern Siberia. It is the first polar bear seen in the city in more than 40 years, according to local environmentalists. Climate change has been damaging polar bears' sea-ice habitats and forced them to scavenge for food on land.

Sweden says it has mobilised all available resources to put out dozens of wildfires raging across the country.