Abstracts of the 6th sustainability conference at the University of Akureyri, Iceland

The 6th sustainability conference at the University of Akureyri, co-hosted by the Environmental Council and the Stefansson Arctic Institute at the University of Akureyri, received more abstracts and registrations than ever. Albeit globally, public interest in the climate crisis decreased over the past year in view of the threats to democracy, violation of international law at a large scale, economic pressures, incinerated by unequal wars and genocide, climate change does not stop. By contrast, it was accelerated by the very same wars and genocide, the very same demolition of democracy, the economic crises, and the shift in attention. Scientific, physical evidence makes the dire reality of the accelerating crisis clear: 2025 has been one of the top three warmest years on record, and ocean heat content reached dangerous levels. The world is not on track to meet the 1.5°C target.