Documentary Description
Professors Iain Stewart and Professor Kathy Sykes take a timely look
at global warming ahead of the Copenhagen summit, exploring the world's
leading climate scientists' vision of the planet's future.
Scientists predict that if global temperatures continue to rise at
their current rate, Earth will be one degree warmer within 10 years, two
degrees warmer within the next 40 years and three degrees or more
warmer before the end of the century. If the Earth's temperature
increases to three degrees warmer than the average pre-industrial
temperature, the impact on the planet will be catastrophic. Across the
Earth, ways of life could be lost forever as climate change accelerates
out of control. This isn't inevitable, however: climate change is not
yet irreversible.
Ingenious technology and science is currently being devised, advanced
and tested around the world which could offer solutions for a
sustainable future. The question that remains is, can the world embrace
and implement them on a large enough scale within an effective timeline?
If widespread damage to human societies and ecosystems is to be
prevented, global temperature rise must be slowed and eventually
reversed.
Hot Planet offers an accurate visual prediction of the planet's future, based on the findings of over 4,000 climate scientists.
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