EFEFF - Earth Focus

Earth Focus: Sea Level Rising-Living with Water” & “Earth Focus: Climate Migration”

“Earth Focus: Sea Level Rising-Living with Water” explores how Louisiana is learning from Hurricane Katrina.  Forecasts are dire for Louisiana to experience the second-highest sea level rise in the world. There is a big movement brewing in New Orleans to build adaptive “resilience zones.” In Southeast Louisiana, the native peoples of the Isle de Jean Charles have become the first U.S. citizens moving within their homeland displaced by climate change.

“Earth Focus: Climate Migration” follows populations that are dramatically shifting as climate change drives migration. Droughts and floods are driving many people away from their rural, farming communities into big cities. We see how this is manifesting in Mongolia and examine the factors leading to the new community of Haitian people living in limbo at the border between Mexico and the U.S.

Q&A following with Director Nicky Milne and moderated by KCETLink TV Chief Creative Officer Juan Devis.