Polar bear cub and African kids

When you think about the climate crisis, which of these two images stands out as the face of climate change?

Chances are, the polar bear cub is more closely associated with global warming in your mind than the two Sudanese children on the right. Global warming may threaten one quarter to one half of all species on the planet with extinction if left unchecked, and the unprecedented human-caused loss of so many of our cousins on this small blue globe certainly conjures up images of one of the most charismatic species threatened by our warming planet: the polar bear.

But what about the human face of climate change? Join Jesse here to take a closer look at the human face of climate change.