The Discovery Channel Producing Mini-Series on Climate Change and Peak Oil

Discovery Channel announced today that production has begun on FINAL HOUR, an historic eight-part television series that bridges the gap between science and action surrounding the most critical issues of our time. Set as hybrid of drama and non-fiction storytelling entirely based on scientific fact, FINAL HOUR addresses core issues of climate change, poverty and fears of peak oil. Rather than merely present issues, the series uses some of the world’s greatest minds to present ground-breaking solutions to sustainability and potential means to save the planet. The series premieres in Fall of 2007.

FINAL HOUR has been invited to participate in the 2006 annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. The Clinton Global Initiative is a non-partisan catalyst for action, bringing together a community of global leaders to devise and implement innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

FINAL HOUR is exactly synchronous with the intention, ambition and scope of the Clinton Global Initiative, and on the strength of that shared purpose, FINAL HOUR has joined a small group of media that have been invited to participate.

The Discovery Channel FINAL HOUR team set out to uncover solutions to the world’s most pressing issues through an 18-month long symposium involving hundreds of the world’s leading minds, including Gustave Speth, James Hansen, Robert Socolow, Stephen Pacala, John Holdren, Paul Hawken, and Robert Watson. During the process of this global inquiry, the team learned that a unified strategy to foster sustainability for the planet currently does not exist.

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