Good Energy Releases “Playbook” For Incorporating Climate Change Storylines Into TV And Movies

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Billed as “a guide to incorporating climate into any storyline or genre,” the Playbook for Screenwriting in the Age of Climate Change is meant to “provide screenwriters, industry executives, actors, and creatives with a groundbreaking and robust resource to help illustrate ways in which climate can be weaved into TV and movies.” Among those are resources on climate psychology, potential solutions and the latest science as well as “fascinating profiles of characters on the frontline of the climate crisis” and unique climate impact examples “like scorpion attacks and blood snow.“There’s nothing more dramatic and important than the climate crisis.

Yet, we hardly ever see it on screen,” said Anna Jane Joyner, Founder & Director of Good Energy in a statement.The effort is meant to “communicate the urgency of climate action and inspire courage in the face of this crisis,” according to Antha Williams, who leads Climate and Environment Programs at Bloomberg Philanthropies.Adam McKay’s Oscar-nominated Don’t Look Up was a touchstone for the effort, and the director said it was climate data that inspired the film.“Climate change is the biggest story in 66 million years.

After reading the 2018 IPCC Report, I couldn’t sleep for two nights. I had the sickening realization that we have to take care of this, that it is happening right now, not in 80 years,” said McKay. “Climate change is terrifying and sad and absurd.

And it’s okay to have all these complicated feelings. That’s where my drive came from to make Don’t Look Up. We’ve seen how the film has created more conversation and protests to demand that governments look up.