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Sweden’s Green Minister of Culture shines a light on Climate Change with an unmissable "ice dress" at the 2017 Nobel Banquet

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Alice Bah-Kuhnke wore a stunning white dress made entirely of paper, designed to symbolise and highlight the arctic’s melting glaciers and ice caps due to global warming. Photograph: © Alexander Mahmoud/Nobel Media

Sweden’s Green Minister of Culture stole the show at last night’s Nobel Prize Banquet in Stockholm by wearing a dress that had a strong political message attached: to shine a light on the Arctic and Climate Change!

 

 
 
 
 

A post shared by Alice Bah Kuhnke (@alicebahkuhnke) onDec 10, 2017 at 6:59am PST

 

Alice Bah-Kuhnke wore a stunning white dress made entirely of paper, designed to symbolise and highlight the arctic’s melting glaciers and ice caps due to global warming. In an interview with aftonbladet, the self proclaimed "climate warrior" explains that she "wanted to take every possible opportunity to highlight issues that are crucial … to shed light on the Arctic and on the fact that the ice is melting, ecosystems are being destroyed and the the consequences hit the poorest hardest." And it worked! By the morning she was already trending on Google.

 

📈 "Alice Bah Kuhnke" is trending today on Google Sverige (10000+ searches) https://t.co/1LWibjwPP2

— Trendinalia Sweden (@trendinaliaSE) December 11, 2017

 

Her dress and jewellery, commissioned specifically for the occasion, were designed by Swedish designers Bea Szenfeld, who worked with Lady Gaga and Madonna, Naim Josefi and Märta Larsson.

For Greens, climate action is not a nice addition to other policy content to appear ecological whenever it is deemed useful. Instead, it is the very substance of our political struggle and we will keep on being uncompromising on the necessity of concrete climate policies. We are already facing the consequences of human-made climate change: rising sea levels, the spread of deserts, more severe weather extremes like storms, droughts and floods, and the melting of arctic ice and glaciers. Actions need to be taken, sooner rather than later. The fight against climate change and for renewable energies is part of the Green political DNA. We hold dear the principle of climate justice and our vision of a fossil free future in all our actions. Find out more in our Climate & Energy section.

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