Why isnt the world heating equally?

Published: Jan. 22, 2023, 11:30 p.m.

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:\nCarlo Buontempo, from Copernicus, the European Union\u2019s Earth Observation Programme\nKenzie Azmi, Greenpeace Middle East Campaigner\nEssa Ramadan, Meteorologist and Weatherman in Kuwait \nReporter: Mark Stratton in the Arctic\nPlus interviews with Dr Wenju Cai from Southern Hemisphere Oceans Research and Ben Rich from the BBC Weather Centre

Email us: theclimatequestion@bbc.com

Production Team:\nProducer: Natasha Fernandes\nProduction coordinators: Helena Warwick-Cross and Siobhan Reed\nSeries Producer: Alex Lewis\nEditor: Emma Rippon\nSound Engineer: Neil Churchill