David Attenborough and scientist Johan Rockström examine Earth's biodiversity collapse and how this crisis can still be averted.
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- tmdb28039023on TMDB · Aug 20226/10
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet understands that it’s not the planet, but the human race that must be saved, and the only way to do that is to study how the planet works (know your enemy, perhaps?). As Swedish professor Johan Rockström says, “biodiversity is not something we need to protect due to some kind of moral responsibility of one species, humans, towards another species such as flora and fauna”, but because “it is the toolbox for the functioning of our societies.” Rockström is a proponent of Planetary Boundaries, a conceptual framework that assesses the state of nine processes fundamental to the stability of the Earth system, and suggests a series of thresholds for these processes that, if overcome, can endanger the habitability of the planet. These thresholds are one-way doors; once crossed, there is no going back. Greenland, for example, is apparently fubar, as are half the corals in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Rockström is Swedish, and that’s the only thing he has in common with Greta Thunberg. While she is a shrill, sanctimonious, self-righteous, malnourished bitch on wheels, Rockström is calm, cool and collected (by the way, the documentary is hosted
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Cast
- David AttenboroughSelf - Narrator
- Johan RockströmSelf
- Elena BennettSelf
- Jason BoxSelf
- Terry HughesSelf
- Maria NeiraSelf
- Anne LarigauderieSelf
- Cheikh MbowSelf
- Carlos NobreSelf
- Veerabhadran RamanathanSelf
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- Jonathan ClayDirector
- Hannah CartwrightOriginal Music Composer
- Ross TonesOriginal Music Composer
- Steve PhillipsEditor
- Philippa EdwardsEditor
- Amy AndersonProducer
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