The Arctic is warming four times faster than the global average temperature. Ice caps are melting which are forcing the indigenous Innuit 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.

We also find out why the change to an El Niño weather pattern later this year might make things even hotter in some parts of the world.

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

Email us: theclimatequestion@bbc.com

Production Team:
Producer: Natasha Fernandes
Production coordinators: Helena Warwick-Cross and Siobhan Reed
Series Producer: Alex Lewis
Editor: Emma Rippon
Sound Engineer: Neil Churchill