BBC Studios Partners with Greta Thunberg for New Series

BBC Studios’ award-winning Science Unit has teamed up with Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg for a brand-new series.

The series will follow Greta’s international crusade, which takes her to the front line of climate change in some of the most extraordinary places on earth, as she explores what actions could be taken to limit climate change and the damage it causes. Scientists across the world agree that global temperature rise needs to be limited to 1.5 degrees to give us the best possible chance of avoiding irreversible chain reactions. Throughout the series, a chorus of these experts will lay out the science that lies beneath this statement.

As she travels, Greta meets not only leading scientists but political leaders and business heavyweights, exploring the scientific evidence with them and challenging them to change. The series will also chart her own journey into adulthood as she continues to be confronted by the real-world consequences of inaction and will share some of the quiet moments as she writes the impactful speeches that are now broadcast and analyzed around the world, as she lives a teenage life like no other.

Rob Liddell, BBC Studios executive producer, said: “Climate change is probably the most important issue of our lives so it feels timely to make an authoritative series that explores the facts and science behind this complex subject. To be able to do this with Greta is an extraordinary privilege, getting an inside view on what it’s like being a global icon and one of the most famous faces on the planet.”