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At 9pm - for the first time in 12yrs - BBC One will broadcast a 60-min documentary about climate change presented by Sir David Attenborough.
It covers the science, impacts and potential solutions of climate change, all of which Carbon Brief has covered in depth...
At 9pm - for the first time in 12yrs - BBC One will broadcast a 60-min documentary about climate change presented by Sir David Attenborough.
It covers the science, impacts and potential solutions of climate change, all of which Carbon Brief has covered in depth...
Last October, Carbon Brief exclusively reported the news that the film had been commissioned by the BBC...
carbonbrief.org/exclusive-bbc-…
carbonbrief.org/exclusive-bbc-…
Earlier in the year, we tracked down the 2004 lecture that Attenborough personally attended which finally convinced him that he needed to speak out about climate change...
carbonbrief.org/exclusive-bbc-…
carbonbrief.org/exclusive-bbc-…
The film begins with a walk through of the underlying science of human-caused climate change led by the likes of @StottPeter & @MichaelEMann.
But there is a particular focus on the "attribution" of extreme weather events...
carbonbrief.org/mapped-how-cli…
But there is a particular focus on the "attribution" of extreme weather events...
carbonbrief.org/mapped-how-cli…
Another key focus of the film's first section is the wide range of climate impacts - being experienced today and projected into the future.
Last October, Carbon Brief published an in-depth interactive showing these impacts across different temp rises...
interactive.carbonbrief.org/impacts-climat…
Last October, Carbon Brief published an in-depth interactive showing these impacts across different temp rises...
interactive.carbonbrief.org/impacts-climat…
There is a section discussing the various computer models used by climate scientists.
Carbon Brief spent a year researching and writing an in-depth Q&A about how climate models actually work...
carbonbrief.org/qa-how-do-clim…
Carbon Brief spent a year researching and writing an in-depth Q&A about how climate models actually work...
carbonbrief.org/qa-how-do-clim…
Researchers also use "integrated assessment models" - or IAMs - to peer into the range of possible futures, particularly regarding energy choices, sociodemographic shifts and resulting emissions...
carbonbrief.org/qa-how-integra…
carbonbrief.org/qa-how-integra…
The film zooms into a range of specific impacts. These include...
Wildlifes
carbonbrief.org/factcheck-how-…
Wildlifes
carbonbrief.org/factcheck-how-…
The film then moves on to cover some of the many potential solutions - both policy and technological options. These include...
"Nature climate solutions"
carbonbrief.org/analysis-how-n…
"Nature climate solutions"
carbonbrief.org/analysis-how-n…
...which includes several inputs by the @theCCCuk's chief executive @ChiefExecCCC Chris Stark
carbonbrief.org/the-carbon-bri…
carbonbrief.org/the-carbon-bri…
Finally, the film concludes with a long section featuring @GretaThunberg and #YouthStrike4Climate
Last week, Carbon Brief published new analysis highlighting the intergenerational injustice of climate change
carbonbrief.org/analysis-why-c…
Last week, Carbon Brief published new analysis highlighting the intergenerational injustice of climate change
carbonbrief.org/analysis-why-c…
Here are some of the film's other "talking heads"...
@NaomiOreskes
Dr James Hansen:
@_richardblack
Rebecca Koller
Prof Catherine Mitchell
Sunita Nurain
@AndyShep_CPOM
Colette Pichon-Battle
@ProfMarkMaslin
@MikeBernersLee
Dr Richard Lazarus
Prof Tim Lenton
@NaomiOreskes
Dr James Hansen:
@_richardblack
Rebecca Koller
Prof Catherine Mitchell
Sunita Nurain
@AndyShep_CPOM
Colette Pichon-Battle
@ProfMarkMaslin
@MikeBernersLee
Dr Richard Lazarus
Prof Tim Lenton
