Clockwork Climate

Clockwork Climate

★ 7.0IMDb Score
Released:2015-11-24
Duration:85 min
Country:France
Director:Pierre Oscar Lévy
Actors:Clive Hamilton, Nathan Myhrvold, David Keith, Matthew Watson, Matthew Watson
Production:Artline Films, ARTE France Cinéma

Overview:

The Cold War's wildest dreams of climate control have made a spectacular comeback: from the USA to China, 'geo-engineers' promise to make climate change the way we want. And they have found powerful supporters among lobbyists and entrepreneurs. This film is an investigation into the world-wide boom in geo-engineering. How did a pseudo-science with a controversial past become a planet-wide research subject?

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