Immersive Sustainable Development: Virtual Reality’s Role
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A new genre of audiovisual experience, Virtual Reality (VR) is now set to become a major player in the entertainment and communications industry, and it is a medium that can prove very useful to climate change and sustainable development communications.
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The #Uniting4Climate VR/360-video pitch competition is part of a communications campaign in the lead up to and through COP23 that highlights unity in support of climate solutions; countries, cities, regions, businesses, civil society and individuals are "Uniting for Climate Action".

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74th Venice International Film Festival
#All4TheGreen - Screening of 'Before The Flood'
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Film4Climate Global Video Competition winners promoted in Cannes
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Connect4Climate continues its long-standing partnership with the Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film, promoting the Film4Climate initiative and the results of the
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<div>A decade after “An Inconvenient Truth”, winner of two Oscars at the Academy Awards for best documentary and best song, “An inconvenient sequel: Truth to power” arrives at the French Riviera.</div>

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<div>Directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk, the sequel is a follow-up to the acclaimed 2006 documentary that brought Al Gore´s tireless fight to raise awareness about climate change, its dangers, and threats, into the heart of popular culture.&nbsp;</div>

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<div>“An inconvenient sequel: Truth to power” <a href="http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/festival/films/an-inconvenient-sequel…; target="_blank">shows Al Gore behind the scenes</a> in private and public, funny and poignant moments, through Greenland, India, Europe, Asia and across the U.S.A.&nbsp;</div>

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<div>Speaking to the press at the Cannes Film Festival, the environmental activist said: “The dangers we face from the climate crisis are now more severe than what the scientists predicted. It has gotten worse. But the primary message of the movie is that we now have the solutions available and we can solve this. We are beginning to implement these solutions. But the main challenge is to summon sufficient political will to implement these solutions and that’s why this movie has the message: it´s time for action”.&nbsp;</div>

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About Cannes Film Festival
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<div>The Cannes Festival is one of the most prestigious events in the film world. The invitation-only festival is held every year in Cannes, Frances, at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrés and presents films of all genres from all around the world, including documentaries. The Cannes Festival was founded in 1946. 2017 was its 70th edition.</div>

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<div>Pedro Almodóvar, the Spanish film director, and screenwriter was selected as the President of the Jury for the Festival this year and the highest prize, the Palm d’Or, this year <a href="http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/festival/palmares/competition&quot; target="_blank">was awarded</a> to “The Square”, by the Swedish Ruben Östlund.</div>

"Carbon pricing is the silver bullet to solve climate change"
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Jay Carter-Cole & Dani Martinez: "If we all do a little, we all gain a lot"
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Vulcan Productions helps create stories to inspire people to move the planet towards a better future. In 2016, the Film4Climate Global Video Competition invited aspiring filmmakers to express their vision for a sustainable future by creating a short film or video about climate action. We talked to filmmakers Jay Carter-Coles and Dani Martinez to hear what inspired them to make Your Choice, the lessons they learned and how we all can make a difference in the climate change fight.  

Jay Carter-Coles & Dani Martinez

     

  What inspired you to make this film?
 
Dani:  Since I was a child, I have always been concerned about climate change. When Antony, CEO from Real World Visuals, told us about the Film4Climate contest, we found that there was a special prize for the theme: Put a Price on Carbon, and that was what we wanted to go for. We wanted to create awareness about carbon emissions and carbon pricing as a way to address the problem caused by them. On the way, we discovered so much about what carbon pricing actually is and how implementing pricing solutions would help in reversing climate change.
 
  Why is climate change important to you?
 
Jay:  Climate change is important to me because when I have children, I want them to live in a world where certain species do not only exist in history books. A world where they can breathe clean air and live a healthy life.
 
Dani:  To me, I grew up in Andalusia region of Spain where having access to water could become a problem if there was not enough rain. With climate change, this problem is becoming even more serious. I want to create awareness about climate change so people begin thinking about how they can take action to help.
 
 
  What is one thing that you wish people knew about your region of the world and how it is being effected by climate change?
 
Dani:  Since I can remember, my home has been impacted by droughts. Today, this problem is getting even worse. With climate change, the risk of torrential downpour has also increased. This poses a different problem for our region’s agriculture, which is the main source of income. Not having water is obviously a problem but when the rain ones all at once, that can destroy thousands of farming acres as well.
 
Jay:  Not many people know that North Sea Birds in the England are starving due to warming waters decreasing the population of sand eels and ridding the seas of plankton, the major food source the birds.    
 
  What is one thing you learned from embarking on this film?
 
Jay:  I learned two things: There’s a lot being done in the fight against climate change, but there’s still a lot of work left. 
 
 
  What is one thing people can do to make a difference?
 
Dani:  I think that the best way for people to do their bit is trying to reduce their annual carbon footprint. Daily, you find hundreds of people going to work in their cars on their own, while sharing a lift or riding a bike could seriously help reducing carbon emissions. Also, by riding a bike, they wouldn't have to be stuck in traffic for ages, so it is a win-win situation!
 
Jay:  Start small. You don't need to invest lots of money in solar panels for your house or an electric car (but if you have the money, do it!). You can make a difference by using electric only when necessary, walking to the shops instead of driving or sharing a lift to work with a friend! 
 
If we all do a little, we all gain a lot.
 
 
"It's our generation duty to engage people to think about climate change and act against it." "You have to start taking action now, start taking responsibility, because if we don't, let you know it may not be us who suffers, but might be your kids, or your grand kinds, or their kids. So pay now, or pay later; your choice," Jay Carter-Coles and Dani Martinez say in this video.
Facebook Live with filmmakers of "Climate Countdown: Carbon Pricing"

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