Iceland Parliamentary Elections: Citizens Vote With Climate Change In Mind

Polling stations in Reikjavik open for Iceland’s parliamentary elections.

The country votes in an election that could see its unprecedented left-right coalition lose its majority, despite bringing four years of stability after a decade of crises.

With the political landscape more splintered than ever, the process of forming a new coalition could be more complicated than in the past.

Climate change is high among voters’ concerns in Iceland, a glacier-studded volcanic island nation of about 350,000 people in the North Atlantic.

An exceptionally warm summer by Icelandic standards – 59 days of temperatures above 20 degrees Celsius and shrinking glaciers have helped drive global warming up the political agenda.