Life at 50 Degrees Celsius

South Sudan is facing a double environmental crisis. Extreme flooding has affected hundreds of thousands. Bentiu camp for displaced people is home to 140,000 and has been surrounded by water for close to five years. Now, the BBC has been shown evidence that the flood water may harbour another threat to the region's inhabitants - pollution from the country's oil industry.

NE Syria is a warzone on the frontline of climate change. Heat and conflict have created a water crisis. Nearly a million people have no direct water supply; it must be transported by tanker from wells around 25 kilometres away – yet these wells, too, are running dry. This documentary   follows the workers with the near-impossible task of delivering water to those in need.

Reports claim that Colombian energy giant Ecopetrol has polluted hundreds of sites with oil, including water sources and wetlands. The company denies the allegations, but a whistleblower claims that the company has engaged in ‘awful pollution’, and fishermen on the River Magdalena have tracked a disturbing trend of wildlife deaths. Ecopetrol says it fully complies with the law.

In coal country in Queensland, Australia, life at 50° Celsius is now a reality. The approval of a new coal mine polarised Australia, framed as a conflict between those wanting local jobs and others fearing the environmental impact. Aboriginal traditional owners feared the mine would threaten their sacred springs. An intimate portrait of lives inextricably linked to a new mine.