I’m a climate scientist - 'Don’t Look Up' captures the madness I see every day

A film about a comet hurtling towards Earth and no one is doing anything about it? Sounds exactly like the climate crisis

Don't Look Up: Cate Blanchett as Brie Evantee; Tyler Perry as Jack Bremmer with Leonardo Dicaprio as Dr Randall Mindy and Jennifer Lawrence as Kate Kibiasky. Picture: Niko Tavernise/Netflix

The movie Don’t Look Up is satire. But speaking as a climate scientist doing everything I can to wake people up and avoid planetary destruction, it’s also the most accurate film about society’s terrifying non-response to climate breakdown I’ve seen.

Leonardo Dicaprio as Dr Randall Mindy and Jennifer Lawrence as Kate Kibiasky. Picture: Niko Tavernise/Netflix