ClimateCast with Tom Heap Lights, Camera, Climate Action?: The real life "Don't Look Up"
Feb 4, 2022
27:25
On this episode of Sky News ClimateCast, the climate scientist who Leonardo Dicaprio credits with inspiring his character in the Netflix hit "Don't Look Up,” Professor Michael E. Mann.
It's as hosts Anna Jones and Katerina Vittozzi explore the impact of cli-fi, aka climate-fiction - including whether climate change storylines could help audiences engage with the climate crisis and even encourage people to take climate action.
They also speak to renowned film and TV producer Naren Shankar who worked on Star Trek, CSI and more recently the Amazon series The Expanse - where Earth has been decimated by “climate catastrophe.” They discuss the thinking behind producer's climate change narratives.
And - from energy bills and new oil fields, to flood costs and baby koalas - there's plenty of climate news to go around.
Hosts: Anna Jones and Katerina Vittozzi
Podcast Producer: Emma Rae Woodhouse
Guests: Naren Shankar, Executive Producer, Amazon's The Expanse
Professor Michael E. Mann, Climate Scientist
Carys Taylor, Director, Albert BAFTA
It's as hosts Anna Jones and Katerina Vittozzi explore the impact of cli-fi, aka climate-fiction - including whether climate change storylines could help audiences engage with the climate crisis and even encourage people to take climate action.
They also speak to renowned film and TV producer Naren Shankar who worked on Star Trek, CSI and more recently the Amazon series The Expanse - where Earth has been decimated by “climate catastrophe.” They discuss the thinking behind producer's climate change narratives.
And - from energy bills and new oil fields, to flood costs and baby koalas - there's plenty of climate news to go around.
Hosts: Anna Jones and Katerina Vittozzi
Podcast Producer: Emma Rae Woodhouse
Guests: Naren Shankar, Executive Producer, Amazon's The Expanse
Professor Michael E. Mann, Climate Scientist
Carys Taylor, Director, Albert BAFTA