The Canadian Inuit inhabit areas in the Inuvialuit (Northwest Territories), Nunavut, Nunavik (Quebec) and Nunatsiavut (Labrador).
Climate change is a global problem, exacerbated by human impacts, but it especially harmful for Inuit communities due to their reliance on the land. Marine, terrestrial and freshwater systems in northern Canada are expected to be hit the hardest by the effects of global warming (Statistics Canada, 2008). This is because climate-induced changes are create large impacts to the cryosphere (sea ice, snow cover, glaciers). Warmer-than-average temperatures continue to be recorded for the past 30 years. This is causing glaciers and polar ice caps to melt, sea levels to rise and increasing flooding risk (Statistics Canada, 2008).
The video below provides a visual representation of how the earth’s global surface temperature has changed from 1880-2018.