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References to climate change in popular culture have existed since the late 20th century and increased in the 21st century.

Climate change In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to ...

, its impacts, and related human-environment interactions have been featured in nonfiction books and

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, but also

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, film,

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s and

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. Science historian

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noted in 2005 "a huge disconnect between what professional scientists have studied and learned in the last 30 years, and what is out there in the popular culture." An academic study in 2000 contrasted the relatively rapid acceptance of ozone depletion as reflected in popular culture with the much slower acceptance of the scientific consensus on climate change. Cultural responses have been posited as an important part of communicating climate change, but commentators have noted covering the topic has posed challenges due to its abstract nature. The prominence of climate change in popular culture increased during the 2010s, influenced by the

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, shifts in

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and changes in

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Art

Film

Fictional films

Climate change has been an occasional topic in fictional cinema. Nicholas Barber opined in

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that Hollywood films seldom feature climate change mechanisms due to the difficulty of tying the topic to individual characters, and due to fears of alienating audiences; instead,

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have been more frequently depicted as a consequence of nuclear or geoengineering accidents. * ''

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' is a 1961 American science fiction disaster film, produced and directed by Irwin Allen, and starring Walter Pidgeon and Robert Sterling. The supporting cast includes Peter Lorre, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden, M ...

'' (1961) - A meteor shower ignites the Van Allen radiation belt and causes abrupt global warming that will render Earth uninhabitable within three weeks, which the

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attempts to solve by sending the submarine USOS ''Seaview'' into the

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to fire a

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at the flaming belt. *''

The Day the Earth Caught Fire ''The Day the Earth Caught Fire'' is a British science fiction disaster film starring Edward Judd, Leo McKern and Janet Munro. It was directed by Val Guest and released in 1961, and is one of the classic apocalyptic films of its era. The film ...

'' (1961) -

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by the

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and the

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tilt the Earth's

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by 11 degrees, causing Earth to begin spiraling towards the Sun and global temperatures to rise. The world's governments attempt to solve the problem by detonating nuclear bombs in

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to correct the tilt. *''

Soylent Green ''Soylent Green'' is a 1973 American ecological dystopian thriller film directed by Richard Fleischer, and starring Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, and Edward G. Robinson in his final film role. It is loosely based on the 1966 science fict ...

'' (1973), film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Charlton Heston. Set in a dystopian future of dying oceans and year-round

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due to the

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, resulting in suffering from pollution, poverty,

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and depleted resources. * ''

Blade Runner ''Blade Runner'' is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, and written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, it is an adaptation of Philip K. Dick' ...

'' (1982), a film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford and

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, is set in a humid rainy climate changed

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in an alternate 2015, based loosely on the novel ''

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''. Its 2017 sequel '' Blade Runner 2049'' is also noted for its depiction of a warmer climate. * '' Split Second'', 1992 film starring

and

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is set in 2008, in a

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that is flooded as a result of global warming. * ''

Waterworld ''Waterworld'' is a 1995 American post-apocalyptic action film directed by Kevin Reynolds and co-written by Peter Rader and David Twohy. It was based on Rader's original 1986 screenplay and stars Kevin Costner, who also produced it with Char ...

'' (1995) starring

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. Set in 2500, where the

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s have melted due to global warming and the

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is almost entirely covered with water. * '' The Arrival'' (1996), starring

Charlie Sheen Carlos Irwin Estévez (born September 3, 1965), known professionally as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor. He has appeared in films such as ''Platoon'' (1986), ''Wall Street'' (1987), '' Young Guns'' (1988), '' The Rookie'' (1990), ''The Thr ...

. Extraterrestrial aliens attempt to secretly cause global warming and thereby terraform Earth into an environment more suited to their needs. * ''

A.I. Artificial Intelligence ''A.I. Artificial Intelligence'' (also known as ''A.I.'') is a 2001 American science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg. The screenplay by Spielberg and screen story by Ian Watson were based on the 1969 short story "Supertoys Last All ...

'' (2001), set in climate changed world near flooded ruins of

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, where

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has led to

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s all over the world in the mid-22nd century. 2,000 years later, the world has entered a new ice age and is populated by advanced robots known as Specialists. *''

The Day After Tomorrow ''The Day After Tomorrow'' is a 2004 American science fiction disaster film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Roland Emmerich. Based on the 1999 book '' The Coming Global Superstorm'' by Art Bell and Whitley Strieber, the film stars De ...

'' (2004) directed by

Roland Emmerich Roland Emmerich (; born 10 November 1955) is a German film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is widely known for his science fiction and disaster films and has been called a "master of disaster" within the industry. His films, most of wh ...

and starring

Dennis Quaid Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954) is an American actor known for a wide variety of dramatic and comedic roles. First gaining widespread attention in the late 1970s, some of his notable credits include '' Breaking Away'' (1979), '' The ...

. An abrupt shutdown of thermohaline circulation causes catastrophic

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, plunging the Northern Hemisphere into a new

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. As a result, the Northern United States,

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, Japan, and

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are devastated by massive

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s, and the surviving population of the

is evacuated to

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. The film has been cited as one of the few blockbuster films to discuss climate change. *''

The Day the Earth Stood Still ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'' (a.k.a. ''Farewell to the Master'' and ''Journey to the World'') is a 1951 American science fiction film from 20th Century Fox, produced by Julian Blaustein and directed by Robert Wise. It stars Michael Re ...

'' (2008) - Klaatu lands on Earth as an alien delegation to either convince humanity to halt its destructive behavior or destroy it. The film notably updates the

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's Cold War-era concern with

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and

mutually assured destruction Mutual assured destruction (MAD) is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy which posits that a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by an attacker on a nuclear-armed defender with second-strike capabilities would cause the ...

into the contemporary issue of climate change. *'' The Thaw'' (2009) - Melting ice caps defrost the remains of a

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infected with deadly parasites, which spread to a research crew sent to

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. * '' The Age of Stupid'' (2009), drama-documentary-animation hybrid directed by

Franny Armstrong Franny Armstrong (born 3 February 1972) is a British documentary film director working for her own company, Spanner Films, and a former drummer with indie pop group The Band of Holy Joy. She is best known for three films: '' The Age of Stupid' ...

and starring

Pete Postlethwaite Peter William Postlethwaite, (7 February 1946 – 2 January 2011) was an English character actor. After minor television appearances, including in '' The Professionals'', his first major success arose through the British autobiographical fil ...

as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, watching archive footage from 2008 and asking "Why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?" * '' Earth 2100'' (2009), predictions of possible attempts at adaptation to and mitigation of the effects of continuing global warming. *'' Birdemic: Shock and Terror'' (2010) and '' Birdemic 2: The Resurrection'' (2013), where global warming mutates birds to begin attacking humanity. * ''The Expedition to the End of the World'' (2013), director: Daniel Dencik, relating to the Greenland ice sheet and the

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. * '' The Colony'' (2013), climate modification towers are built to cool the planet, but cause a Ice Age, forcing humans to live underground. * ''

Snowpiercer ''Snowpiercer'' () is a 2013 post-apocalyptic science fiction action film based on the French climate fiction graphic novel ''Le Transperceneige'' by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette. The film was directed by Bong Joon-ho a ...

'' is a 2014 fictional film regarding a problematic

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attempt that inadvertently freezes the earth. * '' First Reformed'' is a 2017 film in which an Reformed Church in America pastor discovers the causes and effects of

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and attempts to take violent action against those he considers responsible. *'' Climate Change Denial Disorder'' is a satirical

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which

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climate change denial and perspectives on

through discussion of a fictional disease. *'' Downsizing'' (2017) - In the future scientists discover a method to shrink humans to size of five inches to solve climate change and overpopulation. The technique fails when only three percent of the population choose to undergo it, with its inventor discovering that humanity will go extinct from

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of Arctic methane emissions within 100 years. *'' Geostorm'' (2017) - Natural disasters caused by climate change lead humanity to construct a network of

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satellites in 2019, which malfunction and cause severe weather across the world in 2022. *'' Fast Color'' (2018), is set in a future

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suffering from an eight-year

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. *'' Bo Burnham: Inside'' (2021), the special includes several references to climate change and the danger of a climate apocalypse. For instance, the lyric "20,000 years of this, seven more to go," in the song "That Funny Feeling" is believed to be a reference to the Climate Clock showing the time left to reduce greenhouse gas emissions before 1.5 C global warming becomes inevitable. *''

The Tomorrow War ''The Tomorrow War'' is a 2021 American military science fiction action film directed by Chris McKay, written by Zach Dean, and starring Chris Pratt. It was produced by David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, David S. Goyer, Jules Daly, and ...

'' (2021), melting ice sheets from global warming thaw a frozen spaceship under the

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from the 10th century AD filled with weaponized bio-engineered aliens known as "Whitespikes" in November 2048, which completely overrun Earth and almost completely annihilate humanity by 2051. *'' Reminiscence'' (2021), a film set in a post-apocalyptic future where

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has been flooded by the ocean due to climate change. *''

Don't Look Up ''Don't Look Up'' is a 2021 American apocalyptic political satire black comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by Adam McKay from a story he co-wrote with David Sirota. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Rob Morgan, ...

'' (2021). An apocalyptic black comedy film, in which two astronomers from Michigan State University unsuccessfully attempt to warn the world of a

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coming to impact Earth and destroy humanity within six months. The film is intended to satirize public

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and apathy towards climate change from governments, the media, and corporations.

Documentary films

*''

An Inconvenient Truth ''An Inconvenient Truth'' is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate people about global warming. The film features a slide show that, by Gore's own e ...

'' (2006) is an American documentary film made in 2006 directed by

Davis Guggenheim Philip Davis Guggenheim (born November 3, 1963) is an American writer, director and producer. His credits include ''NYPD Blue'', '' ER'', '' 24'', ''Alias'', ''The Shield'', '' Deadwood'', and the documentaries ''An Inconvenient Truth'', ''It ...

which covers former

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's campaign related to raising awareness about

. '' An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power'' is a follow-up film released in 2017. * '' The 11th Hour'' (2007), created, produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio. *''Signos: Banta ng Pagbabagong Klima'', a 2008 Philippine

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presented and narrated by actor

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and aired on

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. *'' The Great Global Warming Swindle'', a 2009 polemical film that denies the existence of climate change. * '' Carbon Nation'', a 2010 documentary film. * ''

Chasing Ice ''Chasing Ice'' is a 2012 documentary film about the efforts of nature photographer James Balog and his Extreme Ice Survey (EIS) to publicize the effects of climate change. The film was directed by Jeff Orlowski. It was released in the United Sta ...

'', a 2012

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. * ''White Knight'', a 2012 documentary film * '' Thin Ice'', a 2013 documentary film. * ''Merchants of Doubt'', a 2014 documentary based on the 2010 book of the same name * ''Before the Flood'', a 2016 documentary *''

Chasing Coral ''Chasing Coral'' is a 2017 American documentary film about a team of divers, scientists and photographers around the world who document the disappearance of coral reefs. ''Chasing Coral'' was produced by Exposure Labs and directed by Jeff Orlows ...

'', a 2017 documentary * ''2040'', a 2019 documentary by

Damon Gameau Damon Gameau is an Australian actor, director, and producer, known for his documentaries ''That Sugar Film'' and ''2040''. Gameau has also appeared in a number of award-winning TV shows and films, such as ''Love My Way'', '' The Tracker'' and ...

*''

Climate Change – The Facts ''Climate Change – The Facts'' is a 2019 British documentary presented by David Attenborough that discusses climate change and possible solutions to counteract it. The one-hour programme made its debut on BBC One in the United Kingdom at 9pm ...

'', a 2019 BBC documentary presented by David Attenborough *''

Planet of the Humans ''Planet of the Humans'' is a 2019 American environmental documentary film written, directed, and produced by Jeff Gibbs. The film was executively produced by Michael Moore. Moore released it on YouTube for free viewing on April 21, 2020, the ev ...

'', a 2019 documentary directed by Michael Moore *'' I Am Greta'', a documentary following teenaged climate activist

Greta Thunberg Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg (; born 3 January 2003) is a Swedish environmental activist who is known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action for climate change mitigation. Thunberg's activism began when she persuaded ...

Literature

Non-fiction

This refers to the classification

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, without regard to whether the books are accurate or intended to be accurate. *'' The End of Nature'' 1989 book by Bill McKibben, which has been cited as the first book on climate change written for a general audience. *'' Our Angry Earth: A Ticking Ecological Bomb'' (1991) by Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl *''

Earth in the Balance ''Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit'' (, paperback ) is a 1992 book written by Al Gore, published in June 1992, shortly before he was elected Vice President in the 1992 presidential election. Known by the short title ''Earth i ...

'' (1992) by

, recommending a "

Global Marshall Plan The Global Marshall Plan is a plan first devised by former American Vice-President Al Gore in his bestselling book ''Earth in the Balance'', which gives specific ideas on how to save the global environment. Gore states: "The model of the Marshal ...

" to resolve ecological crises such as climate change *'' The Carbon War: Global Warming and the End of the Oil Era'' 1999 book by former oil geologist

Jeremy Leggett Jeremy Leggett is a British social entrepreneur and writer. He founded and was a board director of Solarcentury from 1997 to 2020, an international solar solutions company, and founded and was chair of SolarAid, a charity funded with 5% of Sola ...

*'' The Coming Global Superstorm'' (1999) by Whitley Streiber and Art Bell, predicting the possibility of abrupt climate change from a shutdown of thermohaline circulation *''

The Discovery of Global Warming ''The Discovery of Global Warming'' is a book by physicist and historian Spencer R. Weart published in 2003; revised and updated edition, 2008. It traces the history of scientific discoveries that led to the current scientific opinion on climate ...

'' 2003

Spencer R. Weart Spencer R. Weart (born 1942) is the former director of the Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) from 1971 until his retirement in 2009. Life Originally trained as a physicist, he is now a historian of scienc ...

book describing the

history of climate change science The history of the scientific discovery of climate change began in the early 19th century when ice ages and other natural changes in paleoclimate were first suspected and the natural greenhouse effect was first identified. In the late 19th centu ...

*''

The Weather Makers ''The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change'' is a 2005 book by Australian scientist Tim Flannery. It discusses climate change, its scientific basis and effects, and potential solutions. The book received critical accl ...

'' (2005) by

Tim Flannery Timothy Fridtjof Flannery (born 28 January 1956) is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist, conservationist, explorer, author, science communicator, activist and public scientist. He was awarded Australian of the Yea ...

, a series of essays describing the

effects of climate change The effects of climate change impact the physical environment, ecosystems and human societies. The environmental effects of climate change are broad and far-reaching. They affect the water cycle, oceans, sea and land ice ( glaciers), sea le ...

*'' Field notes from a catastrophe: man, nature, and climate change'' (2006) by

Elizabeth Kolbert Elizabeth Kolbert (born 1961) is an American journalist, author, and visiting fellow at Williams College. She is best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning book '' The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History'', and as an observer and commentator ...

describing effects from climate change already occurring in the natural world, as well as opposition to climate change mitigation from corporations and the Bush administration *'' Hell and High Water'' (2006) by Joseph J. Romm warning about the consequences of

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*'' An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It'' is a 2006 book by

released in conjunction with the film ''

''. Based on Gore's lecture tour on the topic of

this book elaborates upon points offered in the film. It "brings together leading-edge research from top scientists around the world; photographs, charts, and other illustrations; and personal anecdotes and observations to document the fast pace and wide scope of global warming." *'' Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet'' (2007) by Mark Lynas. It presents the consequences of climate change for each additional

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of warming, culminating in a possible 6 degree scenario in which release of

methane hydrate Methane clathrate (CH4·5.75H2O) or (8CH4·46H2O), also called methane hydrate, hydromethane, methane ice, fire ice, natural gas hydrate, or gas hydrate, is a solid clathrate compound (more specifically, a clathrate hydrate) in which a large am ...

leads to an extinction event similar to the

Cambrian–Ordovician extinction event The Cambrian–Ordovician extinction event occurred approximately 488 million years ago (Myr, mya). This early Phanerozoic Eon (geology), Eon extinction event eliminated many brachiopods and conodonts, and severely reduced the number of trilobit ...

. The book was also adapted into a National Geographic Channel film. *'' Scorcher: The Dirty Politics of Climate Change'' (2007) by Clive Hamilton, criticizing the government of Australia for blocking international climate change mitigation * ''Break Through'' (2007) by Ted Nordhaus and

Michael Shellenberger Michael D. Shellenberger (born June 16, 1971) is an American author and former public relations professional whose writing has focused on the intersection of politics, the environment, climate change and nuclear power, as well as more recently on ...

, arguing that the paradigms motivating the environmentalist movement are poorly suited to resolve climate change *'' An Appeal to Reason'' (2008) by

Nigel Lawson Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, (born 11 March 1932) is a British Conservative Party politician and journalist. He was a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Blaby from 1974 to 1992, and served in the cabinet of Margaret ...

, criticizing the scientific consensus on climate change *'' Hot, Flat, and Crowded'' (2008) by

Thomas Friedman Thomas Loren Friedman (; born July 20, 1953) is an American political commentator and author. He is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner who is a weekly columnist for ''The New York Times''. He has written extensively on foreign affairs, global ...

, arguing that the United States could reclaim a sense of purpose after the

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and the end of the Cold War by solving issues of

and climate change *'' Why We Disagree About Climate Change'' (2009) by Mike Hulme, exploring the reasons for differing ethical, political, cultural, and economic views on climate change across the world *'' Carbon Shift'' (2009) by

Thomas Homer-Dixon Thomas Homer-Dixon (born 1956) is a Canadian political scientist and author who researches threats to global security. He is the founder and Executive Director of the Cascade Institute at Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia. He is ...

and Nick Garrison, explaining how the likely effects of

peak oil Peak oil is the hypothetical point in time when the maximum rate of global oil production is reached, after which it is argued that production will begin an irreversible decline. It is related to the distinct concept of oil depletion; whil ...

and

*'' Requiem for a Species'' (2010) by Clive Hamilton, arguing that climate change has already progressed past the point at which catastrophic impacts for the world and human society, including possible

societal collapse Societal collapse (also known as civilizational collapse) is the fall of a complex human society characterized by the loss of cultural identity and of socioeconomic complexity, the downfall of government, and the rise of violence. Possible cause ...

extinction Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

, can be avoided *''

Merchants of Doubt ''Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming'' is a 2010 non-fiction book by American historians of science Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway. It identifies parallels betw ...

'' (2010) by

and Erik M. Conway, which examines the history of climate change denial and its relationship with the

tobacco industry playbook The tobacco industry playbook, tobacco strategy or simply disinformation playbook describes a strategy devised by the tobacco industry in the 1950s to protect revenues in the face of mounting evidence of links between tobacco smoke and serious ill ...

. *'' The God Species'' (2011) by Mark Lynas, postulating that climate change indicates that Earth has entered an anthropocene epoch in which natural systems are under human control *'' 2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years'' (2012) by Jørgen Randers, arguing that current trends suggest carbon emissions will peak around 2030 but that it will be insufficient to prevent 2 degree Celsius warming which will limit future economic growth *'' The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars'' (2012) by Michael E. Mann, explaining the temperature record of the last 2,000 years and his work on the so-called " hockey stick graph" *'' This Changes Everything'' (2014) by

Naomi Klein Naomi A. Klein (born May 8, 1970) is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her political analyses, support of ecofeminism, organized labour, left-wing politics and criticism of corporate globalization, fascism, ecofascism ...

, which criticises capitalism as a root cause of climate change. *'' The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History'' (2015) by

, which won the

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and explained the concept of the Holocene extinction *'' The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable'' (2016) by

Amitav Ghosh Amitav Ghosh (born 11 July 1956)Ghosh, Amitav
, ''

, arguing that climate change is driven by neoimperialism * ''Drawdown'' (2017) which ranks different climate change solutions. *'' Deep Adaptation'' (2018) by Jem Bendell, arguing that climate change has progressed too far to prevent

and that people must accept major changes to their way of life to adjust to the coming changes *'' Losing Earth'' (2019) by Nathaniel Rich, based on a '' New York Times Magazine,'' examining attempts to implement climate change policies in the United States from 1979 into the 1980s. *'' No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference'' (2019) by

, collection of speeches presented before the

, the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

, the

World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental and lobbying organisation based in Cologny, canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German engineer and economist Klaus Schwab. The foundation, ...

, the

United States Congress The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, and an upper body, the Senate. It meets in the U.S. Capitol in Washing ...

, the French National Assembly, and climate protests * ''The Uninhabitable Earth'' (2019) by David Wallace-Wells, based on a 2017 magazine series of the same name explaining the likely consequences of climate change on human society in future years. * ''On Fire'' (2019) by Naomi Klein, advocating substantial climate change mitigation tactics such as the

Green New Deal Green New Deal (GND) proposals call for public policy to address climate change along with achieving other social aims like job creation and reducing economic inequality. The name refers back to the New Deal, a set of social and economic refo ...

. *''

A Life on Our Planet ''A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future'' is a 2020 book by documentarian David Attenborough and director-producer Jonnie Hughes. It follows Attenborough's career as a presenter and natural historian, along with t ...

'' (2020) by David Attenborough, an autobiography describing his career in the

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since the 1950s during the Holocene extinction and warning about the consequences of biodiversity loss from unmitigated climate change *'' How to Avoid a Climate Disaster'' (2021) by

Bill Gates William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Microsoft, along with his late childhood friend Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions ...

, providing tactics to reach

carbon neutrality Carbon neutrality is a state of net-zero carbon dioxide emissions. This can be achieved by balancing emissions of carbon dioxide with its removal (often through carbon offsetting) or by eliminating emissions from society (the transition to the "p ...

by 2050, particularly greater investment in sustainable energy technology *'' How to Blow Up a Pipeline'' (2021) by Andreas Malm, advocating violent techniques such as

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in climate activism *'' The New Climate War'' (2021) by

Michael Mann Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer of film and television who is best known for his distinctive style of crime drama. His most acclaimed works include the films ''Thief'' (1981), ...

, describing resistance to climate change mitigation from the fossil fuel industry *''

Under a White Sky ''Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future'' is a 2021 environmental book by Elizabeth Kolbert. The book follows many of the themes she explored in ''The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History.'' Summary ''Under a White Sky'' is focused on ...

'' (2021) by

, exploring possible technological solutions to climate change such as

Fiction

Music

Climate change has been a topic of some

popular music Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no musical training.Popular Music. (2015). ''Fu ...

, particularly during the 2010s. The topic has been discussed in various genres, including pop,

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electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroa ...

and heavy metal. ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...

'' found 192 references to climate change in English-language songs that entered the

Billboard charts The ''Billboard'' charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The results are published in '' Billboard'' magazine. ''Billboard'' biz, the online extension of the ''Billboard'' charts, p ...

between 1999 and 2019, with around half of those (87 songs) between 2015 and 2019. Smashmouth

* American thrash metal band Testament released a song titled "Greenhouse Effect" on 1989 album '' Practice What You Preach'' and later referenced climate change in "Fall of Sipledome" on ''The Gathering'' (1999). * American rapper

Mos Def Yasiin Bey (; born Dante Terrell Smith, December 11, 1973), previously and more commonly known by his stage name Mos Def (), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor. His hip hop career began in 1994, alongside his siblings in the s ...

's "New World Water" (1999) on ''

Black on Both Sides ''Black on Both Sides'' is the debut solo studio album by American rapper Mos Def, released on October 12, 1999, by Rawkus and Priority Records. Prior to its recording, Mos Def had collaborated with Talib Kweli for the album '' Mos Def & Talib ...

'' discusses the history of water access and

scarcity In economics, scarcity "refers to the basic fact of life that there exists only a finite amount of human and nonhuman resources which the best technical knowledge is capable of using to produce only limited maximum amounts of each economic good. ...

, including the impact of climate change. * American pop rock group

Smash Mouth Smash Mouth is an American rock band from San Jose, California. The band was formed in 1994, and was originally composed of Steve Harwell (lead vocals), Kevin Coleman (drums), Greg Camp (guitar), and Paul De Lisle (bass). With Harwell's depa ...

make reference to climate change in their songs "

Walkin' on the Sun "Walkin' on the Sun" is a song by American rock band Smash Mouth from their first album, ''Fush Yu Mang'' (1997). Released as their debut single in June 1997, the song was Smash Mouth's first major single, reaching 1 on the US ''Billboard'' M ...

" (1997) and " All Star" (1999). * French metal band Gojira have released several songs about climate change and environmental issues, particularly "Global Warming", "World to Come" and other songs on '' From Mars to Sirius'' (2005). *

Melissa Etheridge Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and guitarist. Her eponymous debut album was released in 1988 and became an underground success. It peaked at No. 22 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and its lead ...

's " I Need to Wake Up" (2006), which was the theme song to the film ''

''. * Climate change is a theme of English rock band Radiohead's 2000 song "

Idioteque "Idioteque" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released on their fourth album, '' Kid A'' (2000). In 2008, the song was featured on '' Radiohead: The Best Of.'' A live version appears on the 2001 EP '' I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings ...

" and 2016 album ''

A Moon Shaped Pool ''A Moon Shaped Pool'' is the ninth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead. It was released digitally on 8 May 2016, and physically on 17 June 2016 through XL Recordings. It was produced by Radiohead's longtime producer Nigel Godrich. ...

''. Frontman

Thom Yorke Thomas Edward Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician and the main vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Radiohead. A multi-instrumentalist, he mainly plays guitar and keyboards and is noted for his falsetto. He has been descri ...

has also explored climate change on his solo album ''

The Eraser ''The Eraser'' is the debut solo album by the English musician Thom Yorke, released on 10 July 2006 through XL Recordings. It was produced by Nigel Godrich, the longtime producer for Yorke's band Radiohead. ''The Eraser'' comprises electronic ...

'' (2006). *

Thirty Seconds to Mars Thirty Seconds to Mars (commonly stylized as 30 Seconds to Mars) is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1998. The band consists of brothers Jared Leto (lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards) and Shannon Leto (drums, ...

' 2007 single "

A Beautiful Lie ''A Beautiful Lie'' is the second studio album by American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, released on August 30, 2005 through Virgin Records. It was produced by Josh Abraham. ''A Beautiful Lie'' differs notably from the band's self-titled d ...

" was released alongside a music video that was filmed in

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, and highlights impacts of climate change on the island. The band also launched a tie-in website promoting

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. * American rapper

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has released albums titled ''Global Warming'' (2012) and ''Climate Change'' (2017). * " Love Song to the Earth" was a 2015 charity single produced in the run up to the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference.

Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...

, Jon Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow and Sean Paul all sang on the single. *British musician Anohni's 2016 song " 4 Degrees" discusses climate change and

. It references projected rise in global temperature and impacts of climate change on biodiversity by 2100. * OneRepublic's " Truth to Power" (2017) which was the theme song to '' An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power''. *American rapper Childish Gambino's " Feels Like Summer" (2018). *Singer-songwriter Weyes Blood's '' Titanic Rising'' (2019) features several songs that discuss climate change. * Australian rock band

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard are an Australian rock band formed in 2010 in Melbourne, Victoria. The band's current lineup consists of Stu Mackenzie, Ambrose Kenny-Smith, Cook Craig, Joey Walker, Lucas Harwood and Michael Cavanagh. They a ...

have released several songs about climate change, and it is a central theme of 2019 album '' Infest the Rats' Nest'' which follows characters who are forced to leave Earth to escape climate change impacts. * Composer

Matthew Burtner Matthew Burtner (born 1970, Naknek, Alaska) is a contemporary American composer. His most recent work at the University of Virginia includes MICE, the mobile interactive computer ensemble. Life and music Born into a fishing family, Burtner heard ...

's ''Glacier Music'' (2019) is intended as emulating melting glaciers. * Lil Dicky released charity single "

" in 2019, featuring numerous celebrities and other musicians. * American pop singer

Billie Eilish Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell ( ; born December 18, 2001) is an American singer-songwriter. She first gained public attention in 2015 with her debut single " Ocean Eyes", written and produced by her brother Finneas O'Connell, with whom ...

's 2019 single " All the Good Girls Go to Hell" makes reference to California wildfires and

. * English band

The 1975 The 1975 are an English pop rock band formed in 2002 in Wilmslow, Cheshire. Now based in Manchester, the band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Matthew "Matty" Healy, lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer ...

's eponymous 2019 song features a spoken word passage by environmental activist

. Adapted from her "Our House Is on Fire" speech, her passage in the song calls for civil disobedience to demand action on climate change. Proceeds from the song were donated to activist group

Extinction Rebellion Extinction Rebellion (abbreviated as XR) is a global environmental movement, with the stated aim of using nonviolent civil disobedience to compel government action to avoid tipping points in the climate system, biodiversity loss, and the risk o ...

. *Japanese-British singer

Rina Sawayama is a Japanese–British singer-songwriter, actress and model. Born in Niigata, Japan, she emigrated to London with her parents at age five. She is known for her musical versatility and has been labelled a "musical chameleon". In 2017, she ...

has said her 2020 single " XS" is a critique of capitalism in the context of climate change. * Canadian musician

Grimes Claire Elise Boucher (; born March 17, 1988), known professionally as Grimes, is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her early work has been described as extending from "lo-fi R&B" to futuristic dance-pop, and has i ...

's 2020 album '' Miss Anthropocene'' is a concept album about an "anthropomorphic goddess of climate change" and

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. * The music video for Pearl Jam's 2020 single " Retrograde" depicts the impacts of climate change, and features climate activist

. * Brazilian metal band

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's 2020 song " Guardians of Earth" is about climate change,

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and indigenous people in their home country. * Trip-hop group

Massive Attack Massive Attack are an English trip hop collective formed in 1988 in Bristol by Robert "3D" Del Naja, Adrian "Tricky" Thaws, Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. The debut Massive Attack album '' Blue Lines'' was releas ...

released a song on their 2020 EP ''Eutopia'' that features a speech by Christiana Figueres, the diplomat who wrote the Paris Agreement, urging for action on climate change. * Marina's 2021 single " Purge the Poison" * Climate change is a central theme of Australian rock band Midnight Oil's final album ''Resist'' (2022). * Greg Barnett's triple album "The Flat White Album" (2020) is bookended by two climate related tracks, ''The C-Bomb'' and ''Frogs in a Pan''.

Theater

Sharon Abreu as Hunter Lovins singing help me lose a bottle of whiskey

* '' The Contingency Plan'' (2009) by

Steve Waters Steve Waters is a British playwright. He was born in Coventry, UK. He studied English at Oxford University, taught in secondary schools and was a graduate of David Edgar's MA in Playwriting in 1993, a course which he later ran for several years. ...

is a diptych of plays first performed at the Bush Theatre in London. They are set in the near future, at a time during which severe tidal surges begin to submerge parts of coastal Britain. * '' The Climate Monologues'' (2010). * ''The Heretic'' (2011) * ''2071'' (2014) by climate scientist

Chris Rapley Christopher Graham Rapley (born 8 April 1947) is a British scientist and scientific administrator. He is Professor of Climate Science at University College London, a member of the Academia Europaea, Chair of the European Science Foundation's E ...

and playwright Duncan Macmillan.

Television

Television documentaries

*''

Years of Living Dangerously ''Years of Living Dangerously'' is an American documentary television series, spread over two seasons, focusing on climate change. The first season, consisting of nine episodes, was broadcast on Showtime in 2014. The second season, consisting ...

'', nine-part 2014 Showtime documentary television series

Fictional television

*''

Captain Planet and the Planeteers ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' is an American animated environmentalist superhero television series created by Barbara Pyle and Ted Turner and developed by Pyle, Nicholas Boxer, Thom Beers, Andy Heyward, Robby London, Bob Forward and Ca ...

'' had numerous episodes which dealt with global-warming including "Two Futures" Part 1 & 2, "Heat Wave", "Domes of Doom", "The Ark", "Summit to Save Earth" Parts 1 & 2, "Greenhouse Planet", "A Perfect World", and "Planeteers Under Glass" * "The World Set Free" (''Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey''), 2014 TV series episode *'' South Park'' spoofed global warming in seven episodes: **"

Spontaneous Combustion Spontaneous combustion or spontaneous ignition is a type of combustion which occurs by self-heating (increase in temperature due to exothermic internal reactions), followed by thermal runaway (self heating which rapidly accelerates to high te ...

", (1999) -

Randy Marsh Randall Gilbert Marsh (born April 8, 1949) is an American former umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League from 1981 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues from 2000 to 2009. Marsh wore the uniform number 30. Major Lea ...

wins a

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by discovering that a string of

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s around South Park was caused by partners refusing to fart in front of each other and solving the crisis by having the town's residents fart every few seconds, only for the resultant

methane emissions Increasing methane emissions are a major contributor to the rising concentration of greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere, and are responsible for up to one-third of near-term global heating. During 2019, about 60% (360 million tons) of methane r ...

to cause global warming and a massive

heat wave A heat wave, or heatwave, is a period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high humidity, especially in oceanic climate countries. While definitions vary, a heat wave is usually measured relative to the usual climate in the ...

. **" Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow" - Environmentalists host an Earth Day festival at South Park to raise awareness about global warming, brainwashing its residents into supporting propagandistic slogans using Jedi mind tricks. The boys struggle to arrange for

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comedians

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to perform at the festival. **"

Goobacks "Goobacks" is the seventh episode of the eighth season of the animated television series '' South Park'', and the 118th overall episode of the series. In production order it is the season's sixth episode. It originally aired on Comedy Central in t ...

" (2004) -

Climate refugees Climate migrants are a subset of environmental migrants who were forced to flee "due to sudden or gradual alterations in the natural environment related to at least one of three impacts of climate change: sea-level rise, extreme weather events, ...

from the year 3045 begin using a

time portal Time portals are doorways in time, employed in various fiction genres, especially science fiction and fantasy, to Time travel, transport characters to the past or future. They differ from Time travel, time machines in being a permanent or semi-p ...

to travel to Earth in 2004 for work, leading to a controversy mirroring the debate over illegal immigration as they work for low wages. **" Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow", (2005) - Stan Marsh pretends that a flood caused by him crashing a boat into a

beaver dam A beaver dam or beaver impoundment is a dam built by beavers to create a pond which protects against predators such as coyotes, wolves and bears, and holds their food during winter. These structures modify the natural environment in such a way t ...

was caused by global warming, leading to a panic. The episode was meant to parody the government response to Hurricane Katrina, as well as explanations that it was caused by climate change. **"

Smug Alert! "Smug Alert!" is the second episode of the tenth season of the American animated television series ''South Park'' and the 141st episode of the entire series overall, it first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on March 29, 2006. In this ...

" (2006) - Drivers of hybrid cars cause massive emissions of "smug," causing a superstorm which annihilates

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

and South Park. **"

ManBearPig "ManBearPig" is the sixth episode in the tenth season of the American animated television series ''South Park''. The 145th episode of the series overall, it first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 26, 2006. In the episode, Al ...

" (2006) -

visits South Park warning about a giant carnivorous monster known as the ManBearPig and takes the protagonists to search for it in the Cave of the Winds, only for it to become evident that Gore is using the incident to get attention. The episode parodies Gore's climate change activism and reflects series co-creators

Trey Parker Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is known for co-creating ''South Park'' (since 1997) and '' The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his creative partner Matt Stone. ...

and

Matt Stone Matthew Richard Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is known for co-creating ''South Park'' (since 1997) and ''The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his creative partner Trey Parker. Stone was interes ...

's climate change skepticism at the time of the episode's release. **" Time to Get Cereal"/" Nobody Got Cereal?" (2018) - The ManBearPig proves to have actually been real and begins attacking South Park's residents, some of whom nevertheless remain skeptical of its existence. The boys are forced to apologize to Gore to get him to help, although he remains self-aggrandizing. At the end of the arc the townsfolk finally admit that the ManBearPig was real and begin negotiating for it to leave but are constantly unable to accept the creature's terms for its departure. Parker and Stone wrote the episode as an apology for the show's previous depictions of climate change, and Gore himself praised the episode. *'' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' had several global-warming themed episodes: ** Episode "

Deja Q "Deja Q" is the 13th episode of the Star Trek: The Next Generation (season 3), third season of the American science fiction on television, science fiction television series ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', and the 61st episode of the series ove ...

" (1990) - The crew suggests an artificial amplification of global warming using greenhouse gases to counter the cooling effects of dust from the impact of a moon on a planet. ** Episode " A Matter of Time" (Season 5 EP 9) - A passing cloud of dust from an asteroid causes global cooling on a planet, the crew of the enterprise use a phaser to release frozen deposits of

carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide ( chemical formula ) is a chemical compound made up of molecules that each have one carbon atom covalently double bonded to two oxygen atoms. It is found in the gas state at room temperature. In the air, carbon dioxide is trans ...

on the planet. ** " The Inner Light" (1992) - Jean-Luc Picard lives a lifetime on a planet experiencing Global Warming and

aridification Aridification is the process of a region becoming increasingly arid, or dry. It refers to long term change, rather than seasonal variation. It is often measured as the reduction of average soil moisture content. It can be caused by reduced precip ...

. Ultimately, the climate change becomes serious enough to threaten all life on the planet. This Hugo Award winner is among the 5 most popular out of all 178 episodes in the TNG series. * The 1987 ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' cartoon has four episodes dealing with global warming. In " Shredder's Mom", Shredder and Krang use a mirror fixed to a satellite to warm up the

if the political leaders do not surrender to them. The

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' is an American media franchise created by the comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael, four anthropomorphic turtle brothers (named after It ...

get help from General Yogure to stop them. In Northern Lights Out, a man named Eric Red in

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plans to melt the

and

flood A flood is an overflow of water ( or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are an area of study of the discipline hydrol ...

all the coastal

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on the

by blowing up underground volcanoes, which will make it "easy" for Eric Red and his gang to take over the Earth. In " A Real Snow Job", set in the

Alps The Alps () ; german: Alpen ; it, Alpi ; rm, Alps ; sl, Alpe . are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately across seven Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Swi ...

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

, Krang and Shredder use a ''Zoetropic wave'' device to melt the world's ice,

ing the coastal

and making the Earth easy for Krang and Shredder to take over. In "Too Hot to Handle", Vernon Fenwick's nephew Foster has an invention that brings the Earth closer to the

Sun The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core. The Sun radiates this energy mainly as light, ultraviolet, and infrared radi ...

, a "Solar Magnet". * The 1980s ''Transformers'' animated series had at least one global-warming themed episode: "The Revenge of Bruticus". There, the

Combaticons This is a list of characters from ''The Transformers'' television series. Autobots The Autobots (also known as Cybertrons in Japan) are the heroes in the '' Transformers toyline'' and related spin-off comics and cartoons. Their main leader is O ...

(a faction of the series' main villains, the

Decepticon The Decepticons are the main antagonists in the fictional continuities of the ''Transformers'' multimedia franchise. They are depicted as a faction of sentient robotic lifeforms led by Megatron, identified by a purple face-like insignia. Capa ...

s, created by rebel Decepticon Starscream) use the Space Bridge device to hurl Earth toward the

, hoping to destroy the Earth and all enemies. The

Autobot The Autobots are the main protagonists in the fictional continuities of the Transformers multimedia franchise, and are depicted in a collection of various toys, cartoons, films, graphic novels, and paperback books first introduced in 1984. The ...

s are forced to help the humans endure the heat while putting aside their differences with the Decepticons in a race against time to restore Earth to its natural orbit. * The TV series ''

Utopia A utopia ( ) typically describes an imaginary community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its members. It was coined by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book '' Utopia'', describing a fictional island societ ...

'' is a violent thriller about a fictional

conspiracy A conspiracy, also known as a plot, is a secret plan or agreement between persons (called conspirers or conspirators) for an unlawful or harmful purpose, such as murder or treason, especially with political motivation, while keeping their agre ...

that has a number of

secret agents Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence) from non-disclosed sources or divulging of the same without the permission of the holder of the information for a tangib ...

embedded in key places in government and industry. The conspiracy, known as "The Network", seeks to frighten the populace into taking a

vaccine A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious or malignant disease. The safety and effectiveness of vaccines has been widely studied and verified.

which will, as a side-effect, cause mass infertility. Their aim in doing so is to reduce the number of humans on the planet, in order to tackle climate change, resource shortages and other environmental issues. * ''

The Simpsons ''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer Simpson, Homer, Marge ...

'': **" On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister" (2005) -

Springfield Elementary School Springfield is the primary fictional setting of the American animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'' and related media. It is an average-sized, fictional city within an indeterminate state in the United States. The fictional city's geography, surroundi ...

goes on a field trip to the Springfield Glacier, which is almost completely melted because of climate change. **" The Good, the Sad, and the Drugly," - (2009) Lisa is assigned to write a report on the year 2059 and becomes depressed after learning about the future effects of climate change, terrifying the class with her reports. **" White Christmas Blues", episode of ''

'' (2013) - Global warming causes no snowfall on

Christmas Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year ...

for the entire United States except in Springfield, which is cooled by smog from Mr. Burns's nuclear power plant and the local tire factory *In episode 2, season 1, of the

Marvel Cinematic Universe The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on a series of superhero films produced by Marvel Studios. The films are based on characters that appear in American comic books published by ...

series '' Loki'', " The Variant" (2021), Earth experiences a series of climate-related natural disasters in the mid-21st century implied to have been caused by climate change. Mobius M. Mobius mentions that the extinction of the

swallow The swallows, martins, and saw-wings, or Hirundinidae, are a family of passerine songbirds found around the world on all continents, including occasionally in Antarctica. Highly adapted to aerial feeding, they have a distinctive appearance. The ...

at that time resulted in

ecological collapse Ecological collapse refers to a situation where an ecosystem suffers a drastic, possibly permanent, reduction in carrying capacity for all organisms, often resulting in mass extinction. Usually, an ecological collapse is precipitated by a disast ...

. A variant of Loki, Sylvie, evades the

Time Variance Authority The Time Variance Authority (TVA) is a fictional organization appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is depicted as a group of timeline monitors. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Chronicoms, based on the lower-ran ...

by hiding in the Roxxcart superstore in

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shortly before its destruction by a

hurricane A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depend ...

in 2050, thus preventing any branches of the timeline. *'' Doctor Who'', " Orphan 55" (2020) - The

Thirteenth Doctor The Thirteenth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the fictional protagonist of the BBC science fiction television programme, ''Doctor Who''. She is portrayed by English actress Jodie Whittaker, the first woman to portray the character, st ...

takes

Graham O'Brien Graham O'Brien is a fictional character created by Chris Chibnall and portrayed by Bradley Walsh in the long-running British sci-fi television series '' Doctor Who''. A retired bus driver from Essex who is in remission from cancer, the character ...

Ryan Sinclair Ryan Sinclair is a fictional character created by Chris Chibnall and portrayed by Tosin Cole in the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. Introduced in the first episode of Series 11, Ryan was a companion of J ...

, and Yasmin Khan to a spa in the future which proves to be a trap on the abandoned planet Orphan 55. They later discover it is an abandoned version of Earth wrecked by climate change and nuclear warfare, and inhabited by

mutant In biology, and especially in genetics, a mutant is an organism or a new genetic character arising or resulting from an instance of mutation, which is generally an alteration of the DNA sequence of the genome or chromosome of an organism. It ...

humans known as "Dregs." The episode ends with the Doctor telling them that although it is only one possible future she cannot guarantee it will not come to pass. *The first ever crossover episodes of rival British soap operas ''Casualty'', '' Coronation Street'', ''Doctors'', '' EastEnders'', ''

Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, ...

'', '' Holby City'' and ''

Hollyoaks ''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera '' Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on sister channel E4 a ...

'' aired in 2021, which all featured references to climate change in the lead up to the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Comic books

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures'' is a comic book series published from August 1988 to October 1995 by Archie Comics, based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It is mainly based on t ...

'' from Archie Comics. Mostly set in their present (late 1980s and early 1990s), but also including time travels to a future, in which

is flooded because of

and the

Video games

*''

Civilization A civilization (or civilisation) is any complex society characterized by the development of a state, social stratification, urbanization, and symbolic systems of communication beyond natural spoken language (namely, a writing system). ...

'' (1991) is a strategy game in which the pollution created by industrial production and transportation, if left unchecked, leads to desertification and coastal regions becoming swamps. *'' Fuel'' (2009) is a racing video game set in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by

extreme weather Extreme weather or extreme climate events includes unexpected, unusual, severe, or unseasonal weather; weather at the extremes of the historical distribution—the range that has been seen in the past. Often, extreme events are based on a loca ...

fueled by global warming. * In 2008, the TamaTown website featured a game that taught children how to prevent global warming. *'' Civilization VI: Gathering Storm'' (2019) includes a mechanic where carbon emissions lead to

, permanent coastal flooding and an increase in the intensity and frequency of

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. *''

Battlefield 2042 ''Battlefield 2042'' is a first-person shooter, developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts. It is the twelfth main installment in the ''Battlefield'' series and was released on November 19, 2021, for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Win ...

'' (2021) is set in 2041 where a global military conflict is driven by the exacerbation of tensions from

resource depletion Resource depletion is the consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished. Natural resources are commonly divided between renewable resources and non-renewable resources (see also mineral resource classification). Use of either ...

and extreme weather caused by climate change. A massive influx of

climate refugees Climate migrants are a subset of environmental migrants who were forced to flee "due to sudden or gradual alterations in the natural environment related to at least one of three impacts of climate change: sea-level rise, extreme weather events, ...

and

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s lead to an economic depression in 2034 and the dissolution of the

following the collapse of

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in 2035. Although technological development causes human society to begin to recover in 2037, a

Kessler syndrome The Kessler syndrome (also called the Kessler effect, collisional cascading, or ablation cascade), proposed by NASA scientist Donald J. Kessler in 1978, is a scenario in which the density of objects in low Earth orbit (LEO) due to space pollutio ...

event destroying 70 percent of Earth's satellites pushes the world into war between stateless proxies fighting for the

and

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* '' What if it's a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?'', a 2009 satirical cartoon by

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* Keep Cool, a board game *

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, a feminist podcast

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