SirDavidAttenboroughistopresentandnarrateanewlandmarkfilm,ClimateChangeTheFactsforBBCOne. Thedocumentarywillprovideanurgentlookatthescienceofclimatechangeandthepotentialsolutionstothisglobalthreat,combiningfootagethatrevealsthealreadydevastatingimpactofclimatechangeonourplanetwithinterviewsfromsomeoftheworld’sleadingclimatescientists. Afteroneofthehottestyearsonrecord,climatologistsandmeteorologistsexplaintheeffectsofclimatechangeonboththehumanpopulationandthenaturalworld.Scientists,includingDrJamesHansen,DrMichaelMannandProfessorCatherineMitchellwillforensicallyunpackthesciencebehindtheextremeweatherconditionsofrecentyears,whichhaveseenunprecedentedstormsandcatastrophicwildfires;aswellasdetailinghowtheacceleratingrateatwhichtheworld’siceismeltingiscausingsealevelrises,andhowdeforestationisexacerbatingtheproblemofglobalwarmingbyaddingtoCO2intheatmosphere. Thefilmwilldeliveranunflinchingexplorationofwhatdangerouslevelsofclimatechangecouldmeanforhumanpopulations,whatislikelytohappenifglobalwarmingexceeds1.5degreesandifmajorreductionsinCO2emissionsarenotmadeinthenextdecade. Thedocumentarylookstooatpotentialsolutions,exploringtheinnovations,technologyandactionstheworld'sgovernmentsandindustriesaretakingtopreventfurtherwarmingandshowcasingindividualswhoarecreatingchangeatgrassrootslevels. Inthefilm,SirDavidAttenboroughsaysInthe20yearssinceIfirststartedtalkingabouttheimpactofclimatechangeonourworld,conditionshavechangedfarfasterthanIeverimagined.Itmaysoundfrighteningbutthescientificevidenceisthatifwehavenottakendramaticactionwithinthenextdecadewecouldfaceirreversibledamagetothenaturalworldandthecollapseofoursocieties.We'rerunningoutoftimebutthere'sstillhope…Ibelievethatifwebetterunderstandthethreatweface,themorelikelyitisthatwecanavoidsuchacatastrophicfuture.”
