Climate Action Resources

A series delving into the social, economic and political forces undermining meaningful global action on climate change.

A cinematic meditation on humanity's massive reengineering of the planet, Anthropocene is a four years in the making feature documentary film from the multiple-award winning team of Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, and Edward Burtynsky.

An interdisciplinary collection of documentary films that focus on the intersection of human rights, colonization, and climate change.

The Green Interview is a series of in-depth conversations with the thinkers, artists and activists whose ideas and work are leading the way to a new era of sustainability.

The story of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is told through compelling, never-before-seen footage in this intimate documentary from Swedish director Nathan Grossman.

An eye-opening documentary that focuses on many never-before-seen solutions designed to slow down our escalating environmental crisis, Ice on fire goes beyond the current climate change narrative and offers hope that we can actually stave off the worst effects of global warming.

Inhabitants follows five Native American communities as they restore their traditional land management practices in the face of a changing climate.

Demonstrating the power of the masses to challenge Big Oil interests, Not Without Us is an all too timely document of the grassroots struggle for significant climate action. Taking place in the months leading up to COP21 in Paris, the film chronicles activists from around the world and the different tactics they use to make their voices heard.

A Plastic Ocean is a new feature-length adventure documentary that brings to light the consequences of our global disposable lifestyle. We thought we could use plastic once and throw it away with negligible impact to humans and animals. That turns out to be untrue.

There's something in the water is a disturbing portrait of ecological and social disasters in Elliot Page's native Nova Scotia. Based on Ingrid Waldron's incendiary study, the film follows Page and Filmmaker Ian Daniel as they travel to rural areas of the province that are plagued by toxic fallout from industrial development.

A global programme that reflects the variety of takes on climate change, how best to understand it and the world’s attempts to avert it, temper it or adapt to it. It is not about questioning whether climate change is happening, it’s about finding the best ways to respond to it. This is sharp-edged, analytical inquiry. Hard scrutiny, touched with a sense of adventure and discovery, and where we can find it, hope. It includes stories from across the world on why we find it so hard to save our own planet, and how we might change that.

Zero explores the policies, tactics and clean technologies taking us to a future of zero emissions as the world fights climate change. Bloomberg Green’s award-winning climate reporter Akshat Rathi talks to the people who are making it happen.

Climate Now explains the key scientific ideas, technologies, and policies relevant to the global climate crisis. Our mission is to provide policy makers, business leaders, investors and journalists with the scientific and economic context necessary to make good decisions about policy formulation, capital allocation, and narrative focus.

We get it. You care about the climate crisis—but sometimes thinking about it is just too overwhelming. Well, we’re here to help with that. Host Dan Kwartler unpacks the problems and solutions behind big systemic issues in bite-sized episodes. You’ll find out which bag is best for the planet, imagine our world without humans, and follow the international journey of the very shirt on your back. Yes, we’re going to talk about the bleak stuff—it’s a crisis after all—but we’ll also share little ways you can make changes in your daily life, in your towns and cities, and at your workplaces to help change climate change. Ultimately we’re aiming for some HOPE through a focus on solutions, instead of just, you know, tumbling towards inevitable doom. You can also get involved by joining Countdown, TED’s global initiative to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis in collaboration with Future Stewards. Find out more at countdown.ted.com

TILclimate (Today I Learned: Climate) is an award-winning MIT podcast that breaks down the science, technologies, and policies behind climate change, how it’s impacting us, and what we can do about it. Each quick episode gives you the what, why, and how on climate change — from real scientists and experts — to help us make informed decisions for our future.

The Climate Pod is a wide-ranging conversation with leading experts on the politics, economics, activism, culture, science, and social justice issues at the heart of the climate crisis. Hear from guests like Jane Goodall, Bill McKibben, Al Roker, David Wallace-Wells, Katharine Hayhoe, Adam McKay, Bill Nye, Robert Bullard, Catherine Coleman Flowers, Ted Danson, Gina McCarthy, Paul Krugman, and many more. Hosted by brothers Ty and Brock Benefiel.

Dismantled is a product of Intersectional Environmentalist, an online platform aimed at exposing the climate movement’s racist and colonial past to build a sustainable, diverse and just future. Dismantled centres BIPOC voices in climate discourse discussing topics on environmental history and grassroots activism.

Co-hosts Michaela Loach and Josephine Becker explore all things that make them go yikes in their podcast. They discuss the climate crisis, racism, systems of oppression and more to help guide you to meaningful and intersectional action. They take the frustration, anxiety and sadness they experience living in the world as activists and turn it into meaningful ,solutions-driven actions towards a better future.

Back to Earth is a podcast series by Serpentine that explores different environmental topics and how we can get back to earth. The exploration intersects arts, technologies and ecology to imagine a new future full of possibilities. Episodes cover topics like queer ecology, indigenous rights and how art can help us ‘feel’ the climate crisis.

While oil usage is down globally, Big Oil wants to make petrochemicals their lifeline. As you read this, Joe Biden could approve dozens of new petrochemical plants in America. There are 150 proposed new facilities, and more than 900 currently exist in the United States. Texas, Louisiana, and the Ohio River Valley account for the majority of those facilities.

The devastating effects of these petrochemical facilities are all hitting communities of color first and hardest. Land in the Black community continues to be haggled away by people who don’t live in these communities but look to profit through petrochemicals production.