氣候變化類影視文學(xué)作品

你愛看電影嗎？你喜歡大制作的災(zāi)難片嗎？如果喜歡，那你可能會對 “氣候變化類虛構(gòu)作品（climate fiction，簡稱 cli-fi）” 感興趣。這類作品主要圍繞哪個題材進(jìn)行創(chuàng)作？

If you could travel back in time, which period of history would you visit? It's a great question to ask your friends, and time travel is the subject of many science fiction films. Of course, sci-fi is familiar to most of us, but what is cli-fi? The simple answer is climate fiction – a genrewhich focuses on the subject of climate change.

Many of the cli-fi examples we watch tend to be disaster films. It could be solar flaresthe planet, extreme flooding swamping the Earth with water, or super-storms that threaten life as we know it. While films and novels of this genre are often subject to the typical tropes of a hero or heroine battling to save the day, what sets it apart from most sci-fi films is that the plots will often draw on plausibleoutcomes in the present or near future.

Climate change and the potential threats have long been established. Some believe that the issue of climate change has even led to more fans watching films to learn more about what's happening to the world – seeing it as a form of edutainment. A study conducted by the Yale programme on Climate Change Communication tested the effects that two climate fiction novels can have on its readers and found "significant positive effects" in terms of their attitudes and beliefs towards the climate crisis – for example, understanding global warming will harm them and future generations.

Most climate films are not only blockbuster action films, but also preyon our fear of what some see as the impendingdoomof a climate catastrophe⁸. This sounds bad, but according to a study conducted on 310 adults in the US, watching scary films can help us feel more prepared, resilient and less alone in situations such as the pandemic. So, it looks like cli-fi is here to stay – and there seem to be some benefits. Whether it's there to educate, entertain or prepare you for a climate crisis, it might have a role to play.