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David Attenborough and scientist Johan Rockström examine Earth's biodiversity collapse and how this crisis can still be averted.David Attenborough and scientist Johan Rockström examine Earth's biodiversity collapse and how this crisis can still be averted.David Attenborough and scientist Johan Rockström examine Earth's biodiversity collapse and how this crisis can still be averted.
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Elena Bennett
- Self - McGill University, Montréal
- (as Prof. Elena Bennett)
Jason Box
- Self - Geological Survey of Denmark & Greenland
- (as Prof. Jason Box)
Terry Hughes
- Self - Arc Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
- (as Prof. Terry Hughes)
Anne Larigauderie
- Self - Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
- (as Prof. Anne Larigauderie)
María Neira
- Self - World Health Organisation
- (as Dr. María Neira)
Carlos Nobre
- Self - Institute of Advanced Studies University of Säo Paulo
- (as Prof. Carlos Nobre)
Daniella Teixeira
- Self - Environmentalist at University of Queensland
- (as Dr. Daniella Teixeira)
Greta Thunberg
- Self - Environment Activist
- (archive footage)
Ricarda Winkelmann
- Self - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
- (as Prof. Ricarda Winkelmann)
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Some flaws but everyone should see this
David Attenborough is a hopeless optimist and in connection with the concept of Planetary Boundaries this gets to a point where it becomes nearly comical.
A major flaw of the film is that it is sometimes so unprecisein it's science that it verges on being incorrect. It insinuates, for example, that if we start living inside Planetary Boundaries today we cound somehow get all the toothpaste that has already left the tube back in. This is, especially for the climate boundary (and consequentially for the ocean acidification boundary, the connection of which is clearly explained in the film), simply not the case.
Another flaw is that the things we actually can do, right now, are given not very much space in the film. Especially the connection between a meat-centric diet an the bondaries land-use change, biodiversity loss and nitrogen/phosporous cycle are nor at all explained,
But what can I say? Johann Rockström on Netflix. All is not lost. This should receive a huge audience.
I also think that science is only one part of solving this puzzle. Mr. Rockstöm and Mr. Attenborough telling us that we can solve the crisis by cutting, as private citizens, our emissions in halfge every decade, is really, REALLY oversimplifying things. We as private citizens can rearrange the deckchairs but without politics steering the whole ship away from the iceberg this will not do, not by a long shot.
A major flaw of the film is that it is sometimes so unprecisein it's science that it verges on being incorrect. It insinuates, for example, that if we start living inside Planetary Boundaries today we cound somehow get all the toothpaste that has already left the tube back in. This is, especially for the climate boundary (and consequentially for the ocean acidification boundary, the connection of which is clearly explained in the film), simply not the case.
Another flaw is that the things we actually can do, right now, are given not very much space in the film. Especially the connection between a meat-centric diet an the bondaries land-use change, biodiversity loss and nitrogen/phosporous cycle are nor at all explained,
But what can I say? Johann Rockström on Netflix. All is not lost. This should receive a huge audience.
I also think that science is only one part of solving this puzzle. Mr. Rockstöm and Mr. Attenborough telling us that we can solve the crisis by cutting, as private citizens, our emissions in halfge every decade, is really, REALLY oversimplifying things. We as private citizens can rearrange the deckchairs but without politics steering the whole ship away from the iceberg this will not do, not by a long shot.
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- Jun 7, 2021
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