This year at the 78th edition of the Venice Film Festival, WWF turns the spotlight on the urgency of action on climate change.
The "short film" directed by Gabriele Muccino, told by the voice of Stefano Accorsi and produced by EDI Effetto Digitali Italiani, will be screened for the entire duration of the review on the red carpet.
The message chosen by WWF and EDI is precisely that of the fear of leaving future generations only 'animals in virtual reality' and no longer observable in nature, because they are probably extinct with their habitat.
The white bear is the symbol of the world that is in danger of disappearing and of the tremendous impact of our destructive action.
"The changing climate puts our lives, our safety, our well-being at risk - says Mariagrazia Midulla, WWF Italy Climate and Energy Manager -. We have seen it in recent months, marred by extreme events on all continents, by waves of devastating heat even in Siberia and Canada to destructive floods in Europe, China and many other countries, as well as devastating fires across the Mediterranean basin, Siberia, California and many other countries. As the IPCC report confirms. , released in August, we are on the last call to try to limit the increase in global temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius, a commitment also made with the Paris Agreement, and every fraction of a degree more or less counts, may mean whether we will be able to handle theimpact of climate change or not. Today the imperative is to strongly reduce, and within a short time to zero, the emissions of greenhouse gases, starting with CO2 and methane ".