Rewrite the Future

Partnering with Hollywood to tell the story of climate change.

Storytellers are leading the way by creating award-winning film and television content that’s reflecting environmental issues and resonating with audiences worldwide. | A project of the Sustainable Entertainment Alliance | Produced by NRDC's Rewrite the Future | Narrated by Meryl Streep | Music by Coldplay

Produced by the Sustainable Entertainment Alliance and NRDC’s Rewrite the Future

Narrated by Meryl Streep

Music: “Adventure of a Lifetime” by Coldplay

With support from Producers Guild of America Foundation

Special thanks to Todd Levin, Lisa Whiteman & Christopher Johnson

Clearances/Guilds by Jonathan Handel, Feig/Finkel

Reel Production by Zealot:

  • Editors: April Gafni, Claire Healey

  • Sr. Producer: Addy Morrison 

  • Creative Director: Charlotte Phillips 

  • SVP, TV & Streaming: Rich Mele

  • Graphics Designer: Phillip Parrish 

  • Sound Engineer: Brett Graves

  • Music Supervisor: Natalie Wali

Clearances provided by Cleared by Ashley, Inc./Ashley Kravitz


Footage from “3 Body Problem,” courtesy of Netflix Media, LLC

Footage from “30 Rock,” courtesy of Universal Television LLC 

Footage from “Abbott Elementary,” courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Footage from “Anchorman,” courtesy of Paramount Pictures 

Footage from “Aquaman,” courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Footage from “Avatar,” courtesy of 20th Century Studios, Inc.

Footage from “Avatar: The Way of Water,” courtesy of 20th Century Studios, Inc.

Footage from “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” courtesy of 20th Century Studios, Inc. and Cinereach Productions, LLC

Footage from “Beatriz at Dinner,” courtesy of Roadside Attractions LLC. & Lions Gate Films Inc.

Footage from “Big Little Lies,” courtesy of Home Box Office, Inc.

Footage from “Biggest Little Farm”, courtesy of NEON Rated, LLC

Footage from “Black Panther,” courtesy of MVL Productions, LLC

Footage from “Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” courtesy of Netflix Media, LLC

Footage from “Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet,” courtesy of Netflix Media, LLC

Footage from “The Climb,” courtesy of Home Box Office, Inc.

Footage from “The Crown," courtesy of Netflix Media, LLC

Footage from “David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet,” courtesy of Netflix Media, LLC

Footage from “Day After Tomorrow,” courtesy of 20th Century Studios, Inc.

Footage from “Deepwater Horizon,” courtesy of Lions Gate Films Inc.

Footage from “Don’t Look Up,” courtesy of Netflix Media, LLC

Footage from “Dune,” courtesy of Legendary Entertainment

Footage from “The End Is Nye,” courtesy of Universal Television LLC

Footage from “Extrapolations,” courtesy of Media Res Studio

Footage from “Free Willy,” courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Footage from “Get Out,” courtesy of Universal Studios Licensing LLC

Footage from “The Good Place,” courtesy of Universal Television LLC

Footage from “Interstellar,” courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Footage from “Jurassic World: Dominion,” courtesy of Universal Studios Licensing LLC

Footage from “The Last of Us,” courtesy of Home Box Office, Inc.

Footage from “The Lego Movie," courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Footage from “Mad Max: Fury Road,” courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Footage from “Moana," courtesy of Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Footage from “My Octopus Teacher,” courtesy of Netflix Media, LLC

Footage from “Nomadland,” courtesy of 20th Century Studios, Inc.

Footage from “The Office,” courtesy of Universal Television LLC

Footage from “Okja,” courtesy of Netflix Media, LLC

Footage from “Outer Banks,” courtesy of Netflix Media, LLC

Footage from “Parasite,” courtesy of NEON Rated, LLC

Footage from “Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway," courtesy of Columbia Pictures

Footage from “Red Notice,” courtesy of Netflix Media, LLC

Footage from “Ted Lasso,” courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Footage from “WALL-E,” courtesy of Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Pixar Animation Studios

Footage from “Wednesday,” courtesy of Netflix Media, LLC

What we do

Rewrite the Future leverages NRDC’s deep environmental expertise to support creators in telling entertaining stories that reflect our climate-altered world and the path toward a better future.

  • Consult on film and TV projects, bringing the insight of NRDC’s hundreds of environmental experts to content across genres

  • Host workshops and presentations about representing climate and environmental topics onscreen

  • Encourage new voices through NRDC’s Climate Storytelling Fellowship, in collaboration with the Black List, CAA Foundation, NBCUniversal, and the Redford Center

  • Lead public discussions about climate representation at the Sundance Film Festival, the Hollywood Climate Summit, the Television Academy Foundation, and elsewhere

  • Advise entertainment companies on integrating climate content into their sustainability strategies

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Watch Rewrite the Future Events

Climate change represents a tremendous creative opportunity for storytellers. NRDC’s website has information about a wide array of climate and environmental topics. 

Rewrite the Future works closely with the Entertainment Partnerships team at NRDC, which uses pop culture, entertainment, art, and storytelling to shift the cultural narrative around our environmental crisis.

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“It’s really exciting when storytelling can resonate with the greatest issue of our time. There can be no greater focus than saving our home.”

Laura Dern, actor, in Variety, "Is Hollywood Doing Enough to Fight the Climate Crisis?"

Submit Your Screenplay to the NRDC Climate Storytelling Fellowship

NRDC’s Rewrite the Future, in partnership with the Black ListCAA FoundationNBCUniversal, and the Redford Center, invites writers to apply for the NRDC Climate Storytelling Fellowship, now open for submissions. 

The annual fellowship encourages climate storytelling by supporting the revision of screenplays or pilots that engage with climate change in a meaningful way, through events, actions, character, emotions, plot, and/or setting. 

The fellowship awards three recipients with $20,000 each and six months of mentorship with industry professionals and climate storytelling experts to provide creative support for their original script. At the conclusion of the fellowship, revised scripts will be hosted on the Black List website and may be reviewed for development by prominent studios, agencies, and/or production companies. Writers will retain all rights to their scripts.

The 2026 fellowship cycle is now open for submissions through November 28, 2025. Reach out to rewritethefuture@nrdc.org with any questions. 

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For additional storytelling resources, visit

ClimateOnScreen.org