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2040

Practical solutions to environmental concerns are addressed with the hope that the filmmaker's daughter, 21 years old in the year 2040, will face a hopeful future.

Director

Damon Gameau

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

Good Thing Productions,Regen Pictures,Madman Entertainment

Awards

2 wins & 4 nominations

Homepage

https://whatsyour2040.com/

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But the increased heat and
overall energy in the system - 2040

But the increased heat and overall energy in the system

Hotter air can hold
more moisture, - 2040

Hotter air can hold more moisture,

It is true that the climate
has always been changing. - 2040

It is true that the climate has always been changing.

It just hasn't changed
this rapidly - 2040

It just hasn't changed this rapidly

Unfortunately,
the increase in heat - 2040

Unfortunately, the increase in heat

The earth
is our collective home, - 2040

The earth is our collective home,

But also find ways to sequester - 2040

But also find ways to sequester

Many scientists believe that
getting down to 350 ppm - 2040

Many scientists believe that getting down to 350 ppm

So I think we're all
pretty aware - 2040

So I think we're all pretty aware

Any time you open your newsfeed
or social media, - 2040

Any time you open your newsfeed or social media,

A story that focuses
on the solutions - 2040

A story that focuses on the solutions

So my plan is to go out and
find some of these solutions - 2040

So my plan is to go out and find some of these solutions

I want to show her
what the world would look like - 2040

I want to show her what the world would look like

So, what would the world
look like in 2040 - 2040

So, what would the world look like in 2040

Everything I show her in
this 2040, - 2040

Everything I show her in this 2040,

I'm calling it
an exercise in - 2040

I'm calling it an exercise in

The first step in this exercise
was to consult the generation - 2040

The first step in this exercise was to consult the generatio...

We've been going
all around the world - 2040

We've been going all around the world

Well, what would make me
happy in the world is... - 2040

Well, what would make me happy in the world is...

I think we should get
this invention - 2040

I think we should get this invention

I'd like to see deforestation
being stopped - 2040

I'd like to see deforestation being stopped

Cleaner water. That would
really make me happy. - 2040

Cleaner water. That would really make me happy.

Well, I would like for
the government - 2040

Well, I would like for the government

It was sobering to learn
how preoccupied the kids are - 2040

It was sobering to learn how preoccupied the kids are

So I began my search
for solutions with energy. - 2040

So I began my search for solutions with energy.

I found myself in Bangladesh,
where the roads are chaotic... - 2040

I found myself in Bangladesh, where the roads are chaotic...

Currently, Bangladesh
has one of the largest - 2040

Currently, Bangladesh has one of the largest

So most households in every
rural area in Bangladesh - 2040

So most households in every rural area in Bangladesh

This charming 23-year-old
is neel tamhane, - 2040

This charming 23-year-old is neel tamhane,

Turns out I wasn't the only one
who wanted to hear him talk. - 2040

Turns out I wasn't the only one who wanted to hear him ...

So what we do is we
interconnect solar home systems - 2040

So what we do is we interconnect solar home systems

Instead of building large grids, - 2040

Instead of building large grids,

The setup
is quite simple. - 2040

The setup is quite simple.

Which connects them
to another house - 2040

Which connects them to another house

The box allows the buying
or selling of energy - 2040

The box allows the buying or selling of energy

There is still a segment
of the population - 2040

There is still a segment of the population

So, instead of doing that, - 2040

So, instead of doing that,

What this means - 2040

What this means

It's like a water tank
of community energy - 2040

It's like a water tank of community energy

The beauty is that
this microgrid - 2040

The beauty is that this microgrid

Like, in the way that
cells multiply - 2040

Like, in the way that cells multiply

You have one solar home system, - 2040

You have one solar home system,

Once you have collected
hundreds, - 2040

Once you have collected hundreds,

Forget buying from it - - 2040

Forget buying from it -

So the idea is
we are like a swarm of bees - 2040

So the idea is we are like a swarm of bees

This technology
could revolutionise - 2040

This technology could revolutionise

When we have a
decentralised mode of energy, - 2040

When we have a decentralised mode of energy,

It's far more efficient - 2040

It's far more efficient

Having efficient
local energy - 2040

Having efficient local energy

And when we talk about
climate change, it's floods, - 2040

And when we talk about climate change, it's floods,

In the last 1.5 years, we have
seen about 5, 6 disasters. - 2040

In the last 1.5 years, we have seen about 5, 6 disasters.

When you have a centralised
grid, everything breaks down - 2040

When you have a centralised grid, everything breaks down

If we have decentralised
generation sources, - 2040

If we have decentralised generation sources,

They're independent - 2040

They're independent

The impact of the
locally-generated electricity - 2040

The impact of the locally-generated electricity

The influx of cash has made the
village bazaar the place to be. - 2040

The influx of cash has made the village bazaar the place to ...

Exactly. And it's throughout.
It's not even about energy. - 2040

Exactly. And it's throughout. It's not even about ...

There are developing
countries like India, - 2040

There are developing countries like India,

But instead of doing that, - 2040

But instead of doing that,

So when I'm trading energy
with you, suppose, - 2040

So when I'm trading energy with you, suppose,

As I left the village,
I had a renewed sense of hope. - 2040

As I left the village, I had a renewed sense of hope.

This solution is
great for our environment, - 2040

This solution is great for our environment,

So, sticking to my rule of only
showing what exists today, - 2040

So, sticking to my rule of only showing what exists today,

Darling! It's seven o'clock!
It's time for family yoga! - 2040

Darling! It's seven o'clock! It's time for fa...

Certainly.
What would you like me to do? - 2040

Certainly. What would you like me to do?

Imagine if your windows
are solar glass - 2040

Imagine if your windows are solar glass

And your solar battery
is cheap and recyclable. - 2040

And your solar battery is cheap and recyclable.

This could allow you to
donate your excess energy. - 2040

This could allow you to donate your excess energy.

Share. Hurricane relief. - 2040

Share. Hurricane relief.

Every home
is going to have a battery - 2040

Every home is going to have a battery

And all the governments
in the world - 2040

And all the governments in the world

If cheaper
home energy systems - 2040

If cheaper home energy systems

Then there's a chance
many countries - 2040

Then there's a chance many countries

What I can guarantee - 2040

What I can guarantee

But that natural disasters
will increase their intensity - 2040

But that natural disasters will increase their intensity

Run, run! Get out!
Run, run! - 2040

Run, run! Get out! Run, run!

But what I now know - 2040

But what I now know

And by building new grids, - 2040

And by building new grids,

But what would be really great
during this transition, velvet, - 2040

But what would be really great during this transition, velve...

Paid for by redirecting some of
the $10 million a minute - 2040

Paid for by redirecting some of the $10 million a minute

What struck me
about the microgrids - 2040

What struck me about the microgrids

But it turns out microgrids
are currently illegal - 2040

But it turns out microgrids are currently illegal

If we recognised
that our well-being - 2040

If we recognised that our well-being

I met with
the economist Kate raworth - 2040

I met with the economist Kate raworth

Kate is proposing
a new economic framework - 2040

Kate is proposing a new economic framework

Today's economy,
the returns of production - 2040

Today's economy, the returns of production

So we need to create an economy - 2040

So we need to create an economy

And daft though it sounds, I
think it looks like a doughnut. - 2040

And daft though it sounds, I think it looks like a doughnut.

So, in the hole in the middle
of that doughnut - 2040

So, in the hole in the middle of that doughnut

But we also can't go beyond
the doughnut's outer crust, - 2040

But we also can't go beyond the doughnut's outer c...

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Practical solutions to environmental concerns are addressed with the hope that the filmmaker's daughter, 21 years old in the year 2040, will face a hopeful future.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Damon Gameau

Writer: Damon Gameau

Production: Good Thing Productions,Regen Pictures,Madman Entertainment

Genre: documentary

Year: 2019

MetaScore: 77/100

ImdbRating: 7.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 05 Jun 2020

Awards: 2 wins & 4 nominations

Homepage: https://whatsyour2040.com/

Also watch: The September Issue, Artemis Fowl, Beautiful Boy, Tom & Jerry, There Will Be Blood, The Gentlemen, Joker, Interstellar, Tenet, Me Before You, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Society of the Snow, Spider Man: No Way Home, Parasite, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, Snowpiercer, John Wick: Chapter 3 Parabellum