Why Craig Leeson wants Trump to watch his new climate documentary on melting glaciers
- The Last Glaciers, which traces the vanishing snowlines from Asia to Antarctica, is Leeson’s second film highlighting the grim effects of climate change
- While young activists such as Greta Thunberg offer hope for the future, big business and the US President need to be involved in the cultural shift, Leeson says
A year after releasing A Plastic Ocean , an award-winning documentary about the disastrous effects of disposable plastic on the world’s oceans, Craig Leeson turned his attention to a different project.
The Last Glaciers , scheduled to hit the festival circuit this summer, traces the vanishing snowlines in Asia, Europe, South America and Antarctica, in a stark global odyssey that highlights how human activity has wreaked havoc on the environment.
“[The scientists] have been able to ascertain how the atmosphere has changed over the past 800,000 years,” said Leeson, a journalist who has reported for media outlets including the BBC, CNN and Al Jazeera over a 35-year career.
“It’s the simplest way to understand the effect that humans are having on the environment. Having been fairly constant, the atmosphere suddenly changed with the Industrial Revolution, and what we’re seeing now is four times the amount of methane in the atmosphere, and twice the amount of carbon dioxide,” he said.