{"id":3605,"date":"2022-01-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/campaign-updates\/3605\/dont-look-up-can-we-really-solve-the-climate-crisis-as-easily-as-a-comet-crisis\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T07:43:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:43:04","slug":"dont-look-up-can-we-really-solve-the-climate-crisis-as-easily-as-a-comet-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/dont-look-up-can-we-really-solve-the-climate-crisis-as-easily-as-a-comet-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Look Up: can we really solve the Climate Crisis as easily as a Comet Crisis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"p4descriptive_paragraph\">Comparing the comet crisis in Don&#8217;t Look Up to the to the climate crisis in our world\u2014and whether it&#8217;s too late to stop it<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large p4featured_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/9f92b846-disastermovie900x600_creativecommonsnofundraising.jpg\" alt=\"Every disaster movie starts with the government ignoring a scientist\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Climate Strike Toronto &#8211; 2019-09-27<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>2022 is shaping up to be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/environment\/newsletter\/2021-12-30\/climate-change-will-get-worse-in-2022-but-it-wont-be-the-end-boiling-point\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worst year yet for the climate crisis<\/a>, so it\u2019s fitting that the #1 movie on streaming giant Netflix is a thinly-veiled satire about climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Adam McKay\u2019s star-studded <i>Don\u2019t Look Up<\/i> uses the allegory of a large comet on a collision course with Earth to represent the very real climate threats we\u2019re facing. The astronomers in the film try to alert the media to the urgency and implore the U.S. president to take action before it\u2019s too late. However, they are routinely ignored.<\/p>\n<p>The film is inspiring impassioned conversations around both the climate crisis itself <i>and <\/i>how we talk about it. This makes sense, as the characters in the movie struggle with how to present their findings to different audiences. And, of course, the movie itself is a big budget piece of climate communication.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s thrilling to see so many folks engage with these topics. One question we keep getting asked is, \u201cSo, how accurate is <em>Don\u2019t Look Up<\/em>?<i>\u201d\u00a0<\/i>Let\u2019s take a look at how the comet crisis in the film compares to the climate crisis in our world.<\/p>\n<h3>SPOILER ALERT: major <em>Don\u2019t Look Up<\/em> details below!<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_58521\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 810px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/867e07fa-gp0stqp6m_web_size_with_credit_line.jpg\" alt=\"March For Science 2017 in Washington D.C.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58521\" \/><\/div>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-58521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People participate in the Washington D.C. March For Science held on Earth Day 2017.<\/p>\n<h2>How does <em>Don\u2019t Look Up<\/em>\u2018s Comet Crisis stack up to the Climate Crisis?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>COMET<\/strong>: Scientists discover the comet and identify the threat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLIMATE<\/strong>: Scientists have been tracking climate change for decades, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capradio.org\/articles\/2021\/09\/22\/how-indigenous-knowledge-is-changing-the-way-california-tracks-the-effects-of-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indigenous communities have been tracking it for centuries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMET<\/strong>: A comet will collide with Earth in exactly 6 months and 14 days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLIMATE<\/strong>: Climate change is more insidious than a simple countdown to destruction. Gradual changes are harder to observe. A simple countdown to destruction would be easier to explain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMET<\/strong>: The comet is a looming threat that doesn\u2019t impact anyone until it hits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLIMATE<\/strong>:\u00a0 In many ways, the climate crisis is already here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMET<\/strong>: The comet will wipe out all human life on the planet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLIMATE<\/strong>: Climate change won\u2019t affect everyone at the same time, and <a href=\"https:\/\/prod.greenpeaceusa.info\/usa\/to-build-back-better-we-must-end-fossil-fuel-racism\/\">the effects will not be evenly distributed across people<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMET<\/strong>: The U.S. President could save everyone if they believed the scientists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLIMATE<\/strong>: The climate crisis is a collective problem that will require collective solutions. It\u2019s not solely a U.S. issue and can\u2019t be solved by any one individual.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_85364\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 810px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/4cad0528-gp0stul4u_web_size_with_credit_line.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85364\" \/><\/div>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-85364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Kirsten Thompson, lead scientist on the Arctic Sunrise takes water samples for eDNA sampling near Paulet Island in the entrance of the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMET<\/strong>: The media doesn\u2019t care about a fast-approaching planet-killing comet because it\u2019s too sad of a story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLIMATE<\/strong>: Climate journalism has come a long way in the last five years, and there are <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/why-people-cant-stop-talking-about-dont-look-up-1848288646\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">many<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2021\/12\/09\/science\/biggest-movie-year-is-also-most-important-climate-movie-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amazing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2301363-dont-look-up-review-the-funniest-climate-change-movie-so-far\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hirokotabuchi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">journalists<\/a>! But often, the mainstream media doesn\u2019t capture the urgency of the crisis and are too willing to take polluting corporations at their word.<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMET<\/strong>: Science communication is really hard to do well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLIMATE<\/strong>: Don\u2019t we know it! The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2021\/dec\/29\/climate-scientist-dont-look-up-madness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">story of climate change<\/a> doesn\u2019t fit into a neat three act structure, there\u2019s no silver bullet, and no individual hero to save the day at the final hour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMET<\/strong>: The U.S. can solve the threat by launching nuclear weapons at the comet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLIMATE<\/strong>: We know how to solve climate change, but it will take a global effort. It will require action from ALL people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMET<\/strong>: Tech billionaires won\u2019t save us from the comet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLIMATE<\/strong>: Tech billionaires won\u2019t save us from climate change. The richest people on the planet aren\u2019t as motivated to solve the crisis since they\u2019ll be amongst the last to feel it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMET<\/strong>: Celebrities are bad because they distract \u2018everyday\u2019 people from the comet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLIMATE<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/prod.greenpeaceusa.info\/usa\/fighting-climate-chaos\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-fossil-fuel-subsidies\/\">The fault for the climate crisis rests on corporations and governments, not individuals<\/a>. Also, people can be interested in more than one thing at a time. On top of this, celebrities often use their platforms to highlight the climate crisis. <a href=\"https:\/\/firedrillfridays.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See: Jane Fonda and Fire Drill Fridays.<\/a> See also: the celebrities in <i>Don\u2019t Look Up<\/i>!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83839\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 810px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-83839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/0e51fafb-gp0sttydh_medium_res_with_credit_line.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83839\" \/><\/div>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-83839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Actress, Entertainer, Writer and Greenpeace Activist Jane Fonda participates in the youth-led climate strike. People in Los Angeles and across the U.S. demanded transformative action to address the climate crisis, and called on leaders to choose to side with young people, not fossil fuel executives polluting the planet for profit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMET<\/strong>: They have a better shot at resolving the comet crisis if they act quickly. Waiting will require much more drastic measures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLIMATE<\/strong>: We have a better shot at resolving the climate crisis if we act quickly. Waiting will require much more drastic measures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMET<\/strong>: All we need to do is believe scientists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLIMATE<\/strong>: To solve climate change we need to believe not only scientists, but also <a href=\"https:\/\/prod.greenpeaceusa.info\/usa\/news\/greenpeace-usa-movement-for-black-lives-and-gulf-coast-center-for-law-policy-release-the-most-comprehensive-analysis-to-date-of-fossil-fuel-racism\/\">Indigenous people and communities on the frontline of fossil fuel extraction<\/a> and combustion, communities who are already experiencing climate change.<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMET<\/strong>: We\u2019re all going to die!<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLIMATE<\/strong>: We know that swift collective action can be taken. For example, we have seen people, governments, and corporations drastically change their ways of life to deal with the covid pandemic.<\/p>\n<h2>It\u2019s not too late, but we need your help<\/h2>\n<p>Satire doesn\u2019t require absolute accuracy to be effective. (It wouldn\u2019t be satire if it did.) While the movie simplifies the climate crisis, it has clearly resonated with many people on an emotional level.<\/p>\n<p>We want everyone to know that <strong>we still have time to solve the climate crisis<\/strong>.\u2014but we need each of you to join the fight. We won\u2019t even ask you to stop caring about pop stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2022 is shaping up to be the worst year yet for the climate crisis, so it\u2019s fitting that the #1 movie on streaming giant Netflix is a thinly-veiled satire 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