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The Science Hub is where you’ll understand how the polar regions affect global climate risks and monitor their changing state through science-based indicators.

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As the climate crisis escalates, life as we know it is in trouble. Soaring temperatures are fueling the spread of disease, food and water insecurity, and sea level rise. Billions of people are affected by extreme weather events, cities too hot to live in, humanitarian crises, trade and supply chain disruption and economic turmoil.

The polar regions are a barometer of the climate crisis. How fast are the poles changing, and how exactly do changes in the polar regions affect the rest of the world?

The Science Hub is where you’ll understand how the polar regions affects global climate risks and monitor the changing state of the Arctic and Antarctic through science-based indicators. You can view the effects of polar change on extreme weather, sea-level rise, food and water security, heat stress, and health.

Polar Change

Has Global Impact.

The world faces a cascade of risks stemming from the climate crisis. From intensified and more frequent extreme weather events to food and water insecurity and public health and humanitarian crises, sea level rise and economic losses, trade and supply chain disruption and cities too hot to live in, climate change is impacting every corner of the planet. Click on the squares below to find out more.

GLOBAL RISK SPECIFICS

Extreme Weather
Food Insecurity
Heat Stress
Sea Level Rise
Water Insecurity

Latest Arctic Risk Indicators

Arctic 66N+ (66°N+) Surface Temperature

39% DAYS

in 2025 are above 90th percentile of 1981-2010
Greenland lost

139 gigatons

of ice in 2025
Tbe Arctic Sea Ice Extent was

~800,000 km²

below 1991-2020 average in Jan-2026
Worldwide number of disasters

358 disasters

continuing a long-term increase since the 1970s driven by both climate extremes
Arctic 66N+ Wildfire emissions

43,954.39 megatonnes COâ‚‚e

COâ‚‚e emissions in 2024 so far
Arctic Air Quality (PM2.5), CAMS reanalysis/forecast mean)

~9-45+ microgram/m³ 

more during the 2025-26 summer wildfires than the 2025 typical range

The Science of Disaster Risk: Exposure, Capacity, and Inequality 

The WorldRiskIndex 2025 maps global disaster risk by combining two key dimensions: exposure to natural hazards (such as floods, storms, droughts, earthquakes, and sea-level rise) and societal vulnerability, which includes susceptibility, coping capacity, and adaptive capacity. Countries with high risk are not only those exposed to frequent hazards, but also those with limited infrastructure, governance capacity, and resources to respond and recover.  

The 2025 results show that disaster risk remains highly uneven globally, with the highest-risk countries concentrated in Asia and parts of Africa, such as the Philippines, India, and Indonesia. This highlights that climate-related disaster risk is strongly shaped by both physical hazards and underlying social and economic inequalities. 

Credit: Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft & IFHV, Ruhr University Bochum (2025), WorldRiskReport 2025 – WorldRiskIndex. 

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