The satirical film, about a comet hurtling toward Earth, is a metaphor for climate change that has broken a Netflix record. Its director hopes it will mobilize the public.
Michael E. Mann, distinguished professor of atmospheric science at Penn State University, spoke to Newsweek about his friendship with Leonardo DiCaprio.
The solution to climate change isn’t just having the courage to acknowledge the problem - it's building the power and discipline to do something about it.
If climate change were plainly visible, and literally hurtling toward the planet, could society rise to the challenge? Leonardo DiCaprio doesn’t seem to think so.
Nongovernmental organizations and tech and entertainment giants including Amazon, Netflix and Disney have announced a partnership to pool solutions on scaling funding for responses to climate change.
