The Arctic is warming four times faster than the global average temperature. Ice caps are melting, forcing the indigenous Inuit community living around the Northwest passage to change their way of life. Polar bears and wildlife are losing their habitats and the ability to hunt.

Further south, Middle Eastern countries are facing temperatures above 50 Celsius more regularly.

We speak to people living in these rapidly warming parts of the world and find out why their countries are warming faster than others and what impact it is having.

Presenters Sophie Eastaugh and Luke Jones are joined by:

Carlo Buontempo, from Copernicus, the European Union’s Earth Observation Programme

Kenzie Azmi, Greenpeace Middle East Campaigner

Essa Ramadan, Meteorologist and Weatherman in Kuwait

Reporter: Mark Stratton in the Arctic

Plus interviews with Dr Wenju Cai from Southern Hemisphere Oceans Research and Ben Rich from the BBC Weather Centre

Email us: [email protected]

Production Team:

Producer: Natasha Fernandes

Production coordinators: Helena Warwick-Cross and Siobhan Reed

Series Producer: Alex Lewis

Editor: Emma Rippon

Sound Engineer: Neil Churchill

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