The Mediterranean is the second fastest-warming region in the world, after the Arctic. It is warming 20% faster than the global average. Droughts, floods, wildfires, rising sea levels, desertification and invasive fish species are rapidly transforming the region, its ecosystems and the lives of its people.

Inferno documents this transformation across seven Mediterranean countries. A nomad in Morocco, a Cypriot fisherman, a Greek herder, an Egyptian farmer, a Spanish mango grower and many others together reveal the bigger picture: how local disasters form part of a broader, interconnected crisis affecting the present and future of the region’s 500 million inhabitants.

Scientifically grounded and deeply human, Inferno is not a documentary about extreme weather events. Through the stories of its protagonists, stories of loss, but also of resilience, the film explores the deeper causes of the crisis, raising urgent questions about the doctrine of perpetual growth that built the modern world and is now pushing nature to its limits. Through powerful imagery, expert analysis and striking moments of raw human arrogance, it asks whether the much-vaunted “adaptation strategies” are enough, or whether they are merely empty words, a makeshift bandage over a systemic wound bleeding everywhere.

Inferno makes tangible what scientists have been warning us about for years: the climate crisis is already here, it is unfolding faster than many had imagined, and the choices we make today will determine whether the damage we have caused can still be contained.