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We discuss the movie Don’t Look Up (Netflix), putting our energy back into climate action after the movement has lost momentum during the pandemic and avoiding burnout when coping with the reality of the climate crisis.

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Links:

• Graham Readfearn, ‘Australia ranked last of 60 countries for policy response to climate crisis’ (article on theguardian.com).
• We also briefly discuss the website https://www.count-us-in.org/en-gb/project/ and the article: Wynes, S. and Nicholas, K. A. 2017. The climate mitigation gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions. Environ. Res. Lett., 12(7), 1-9. We will discuss both of these in more detail on the next show.
• Don’t Look Up ‘just became the most-watched film on the platform within a one-week span’ (Fox Business) and the 3rd most-viewed film on Netflix ever in 11 days (Screen Rant).
• Reviews: ‘Don’t Look Up review – an A-list apocalyptic mess’ by Simran Hans on theguardian.com and Shawn Edwards, Fox 4 Kansas City: ‘If I wanted to get preached at, I’ll just go to church’.

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Clips:

DON’T LOOK UP, Official Teaser Trailer – Netflix; Just Look Up (From Don’t Look Up) by Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi; 2 clips from Don’t Look Up (Netflix); Pink Convertible by MARINA;  I haven’t been taking care of myself by Alex Lahey.

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