On Tuesday morning, a team of climate scientists were busy setting up a mock Arctic base camp at the Swiss resort that is hosting politicians, celebrities, and the global economic elite for the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos this week. Tonight, they’ll sleep in those tents. Tomorrow, they’ll try to convince the most powerful people in the world that they should give a shit about the Arctic, an area of increasing economic importance that’s nonetheless hugely threatened by climate change. “The main objective is to explain why Arctic [climate] change poses global risks for societies and economies around the world,” said Gail Whiteman, a professor of sustainability in business at the University of Lancaster and the woman heading up Arctic Basecamp Davos, in an interview from the camp.