Years of Living Dangerously (awarded this year with the Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series) is the international documentary series produced by Showtime and distributed over 36 countries by Electus. In Italy it will premiere in December on free-to-air channel FOCUS.
Over the course of nine episodes, the multi-part docu-series travels throughout the world to feature character-driven narratives with real people facing the crippling effects of climate change, the politics of global warming, and the efforts made to find solutions to the problem.
The show was created by former 60 Minutes producers Joel Bach and David Gelber (winners of a combined 11 Emmy Awards) and executive produced by James Cameron (Avatar, Titanic), Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jerry Weintraub (producer of the Ocean's Eleven franchise) and climate change expert Daniel Abbasi.
Former 60 Minutes producer Solly Granatstein (winner of seven Emmy Awards) and Avatar Alliance Foundation executive director Maria Wilhelm are co-executive producers. Chris Cooper-Hohn, Rena Shulsky David, Jeremy Grantham, Barbara and Amos Hostetter, Christian Kruger, as well as Susan and Stephen Mandel are co-producers of the series. Joseph Romm, former Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy, author and editor of ClimateProgress.org is Years' chief science advisor.
Years Of Living Dangerously proves that the challenge for facing effects of global warming is a priority fot the whole planet Earth. All the producers and stars willingness to bring this major worldwide issue to the forefront of the public's consciousness provides for ground breaking television," says John Pollak "We're confident that this powerful and proactive series will resonate with viewers the world over.
On Episode 9 of YEARS OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY the audience is taken on a journey to Bangladesh, where rising seas are expected to submerge 17% of the country.
We learn that global warming is a human rights, public health and foreign policy issue and, involving top climate scientists who collect data from the past, the episode shows that our climate is changing. Friedman interviews President Barack Obama on climate change. He finds that climate can change so fast that it can wipe out a civilization and that "action taken to curb greenhouse emissions could have a measurable, helpful impact. Obama echoes this, saying "there's a lot we can do about" global warming. He notes that he is deeply concerned about the issue as a father, and he is optimistic that, with persistence, America can make progress on battling global warming and can become a leader on the issue. Obama acknowledges that, to avoid the worst effects of global warming, we must leave some fossil fuels unexploited. He tells Friedman that "if you profess leadership in this country at this moment in our history, then you've got to recognize that global warming is going to be one of the most significant long-term challenges, if not the most significant long-term challenge, that this country faces and that the planet faces. when [the effects of climate change] start multiplying, then people start thinking: We're going to reward politicians who talk to us honestly and seriously about this problem.

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