katrin jakobsdottir, a left—wing environmentalist is a prime minister whose ambitious pledge is to makeland carbon neutral by 2040. she's ‘a person of strong opinions‘, she says, yet iceland's carbon emissions are set to rise over the next few years. iceland will stay in nato, against her view and will carry on whaling, against her view. a coalition government may require compromise, but does iceland's green pm have no red lines? prime minister, welcome and thank you for being with us today. you have been prime minister of iceland for 18 months or so? 16 months. a ‘left—green‘ as you describe yourself. on a continent where it sometimes seem as if nationalists and populists have all the best tunes, what should people of your politics take from your example? i think this is not the first time that the left—greens in iceland are in government. we were also in government after the crisis in 2008 and i think we have achieved remarkable success, not least in restoring and preserving the social infrastructure of iceland after the crisis, which probably was the biggest project of the left—wing