GOOD NEWS FROM PLANET EARTH – How can we protect ourselves from heat and flooding?

The climate crisis is worsening. This is leading to increasing flooding, extreme heat and forest fires in more and more places. But there are visionaries and researchers everywhere who are contributing to our protection with unusual ideas.

In Corsica, forest conservationists and researchers are making forests more resistant to fires – and are even setting controlled fires to achieve this. In the Allgäu region, a former firefighter is bringing together eleven communities that can only protect themselves against the next flood by working together. A group of people has also joined forces in Rotterdam: they are protecting their city from flooding through so-called sponge city projects. People in São Paolo, Brazil, are battling sweltering heat of over 40° Celsius. They have planted mini rainforests – small oases in the middle of the city that provide a little cooling for humans and animals alike.

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Head writer: Frank Nischk // Writers: Christian Heynen, Ingo Knopf, Oskar Köppen, Tanja Winkler // Camera: Michael Kern, Sven Kiesche, Dieter Stürmer // Motion design: Simon Schnellmann // Editing: Jan Wilm Schmülling, Isabelle Albert, Mathis Hohmann // Music: Thomas Wolter, Ralf Schurbohm // Narrators: Philipp Schepmann, Yvon Jansen // Sound mix: Florian Ebrecht // Research: Vanessa Stäutermann, Frederik Wember // Production manager: Katja Sträter // Producers: Tanja Winkler, Oskar Köppen // Executive producers: Thomas Weidenbach, Sarah Zierul // Commissioning editors: Doris Fenske (BR), Katja Ferwagner (BR/Arte)

Produced by Längengrad Filmproduktion for BR in co-production with ARTE.