Subscribe to RT newsletter to get stories the mainstream media won’t tell you By continuing to use our site, you accept our use of cookies, revised Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. The animated film narrated by actress Keira Knightly ended with two on-screen messages.The first one said, “Climate breakdown is already killing 400,000 people every year,” followed by an even more apocalyptic claim saying, “Scientists warn that human extinction is a real possibility.”Serena Schellenberg, the film’s producer, was asked by The UK newspaper reported that Schellenberg said the claims were based on “a paper published in 2012 by Dara,” a non-profit humanitarian aid policy organization, and “a study from 2017 which found there would be ‘existential threats’ if no action was taken on emissions and the global average temperature rose by 5C,” respectively. Damian Wilson Unscientific nonsense like this makes a fool of everyone involved. Environmental campaigners from the "Extinction Rebellion" group glue themselves together outside Her Majesty's Treasury as … Extinction Rebellion and Keira Knightley film’s bogus claims of impending apocalypse harm the climate change cause Damian Wilson is a UK journalist, ex-Fleet Street editor, financial industry consultant and political communications special advisor in the UK and EU. For many on the climate change frontline, the apocalypse is just around the corner and they use fear to sell that idea.So 12 years to doomsday. It has certainly drawn attention, but for all the wrong reasons. Pint-sized 17-year-old Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg Because if Serena Schellenberg, age 59, was equipped with a clearer understanding of the need for critical analysis, particularly in the climate change minefield, maybe her rookie error of producing an Extinction Rebellion But then maybe critical thinking isn’t her strong point. Schellenberg deleted the claims “after checking with scientists.”“Since these statements still prove to be a matter of debate and we would like the film to be robustly backed by the Scientists of XR, we have decided to review these statements and update them for the relaunch of the film,” Schellenberg told The Times.Two slightly less-sensational messages replaced the previous ones. This includes personalizing content and advertising. Extinction Rebellion Film Deletes Apocalyptic Claims. Actor Naomie Harris voices Extinction Rebellion film. 23:55 GMT, Sep 05, 2020 The timing of this easiest of easy takedowns comes on the eve of the film’s re-launch, which was supposed to signal the start of a weekend of Extinction Rebellion protests attracting widespread media attention. Actor teamed up with activist group for animated short, ‘Climate Crisis, and Why We Should Panic’. Because they undermine the efforts of serious people with solid arguments and you end up with a probing inquisitor, like journalist Andrew Neil, And while our film-making friend, Ms Schellenberg, has backtracked over the claims that humanity faces impending annihilation and re-edited the video to replace the two claims mentioned, in an attempt to retain some sort of credibility, there has been collateral damage.Hollywood star Keira Knightley - yep, Elizabeth Swann of Pirates of the Caribbean is a climate activist - provides the voice-over for most of Schellenberg’s film and okayed its full content before release, according to the producer. One says, “The frequency of extreme weather events has already increased threefold,” while the other says, “Leading scientists warn that we have entered a state of ‘planetary emergency,'” The Times said.Commenting on the original claims, Stephan Harrison, a professor of climate and environmental change at the Earlier this month, Michael Shellenberger, an environmental activist for 30 years, who used to be convinced that climate change was an existential threat to human civilization, The re-launching of the film comes as XR plans a series of protests starting on Friday, after staying quiet for a few months during the lockdown measures to curb the spread of the Serena Schellenberg was among the nine extinction rebellion activists charged with criminal damage and aggravated trespass for super-gluing themselves to the doors of the Hotel Intercontinental in London, the venue of the International Petroleum Week conference in February 2019.Environmental campaigners from the "Extinction Rebellion" group glue themselves together outside Her Majesty's Treasury as part of their ongoing actions and protests across the capital, in London, on April 25, 2019. XR last year launched the film “Climate Crisis and Why We Should Panic” on social media. Facing huge embarrassment over this shambles, for not doing her homework, Knightley may think her latest outing makes her 2007 flop, Silk, with its miserable score of 7 percent Like most earnest luvvies who venture off-piste, she should have stuck to the dress-ups and funny accents because putting your credibility on the line in an unfamiliar role is not good for your career.And in this case, the attention earned through her involvement with Serena Schellenberg’s ill-conceived film hasn’t helped the cause.The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT.© Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “TV-Novosti”, 2005–2020.

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