Hollywood movies rarely reflect climate change crisis. These researchers want to change that

By PATRICK WHITTLE
Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A team of researchers set out to determine if today’s Hollywood blockbusters are reflective of the current climate crisis and found out they aren’t most of the time. The vast majority of movies failed the “climate reality check” proposed by the authors, who surveyed 250 movies from 2013 to 2022 for their study. The test is simple — researchers looked to see if a movie presented a story where climate change exists, and whether a character knows it. Fewer than 10% of the films passed, and climate change was mentioned in two or more scenes in fewer than 4% of films.