With the world racing to curb climate change, it is only fitting that actors like Leonardo DiCaprio raise the issue and help combat the rampant destruction of the planet. Known for his work not only in the film industry but also as an environmentalist, DiCaprio presents an all-new documentary — ‘Ice on Fire’.

The film is directed by Leila Conners, narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio and has him, Mathew Schmid and Leila Conners as producers and George DiCaprio and Roee Sharon Peled as executive producers with cinematography by Harun Mehmedinovic. Unlike other documentaries, ‘Ice on Fire’ brings to light the efforts of thousands of scientists who are doing their best all over the world to come up with innovative methods to further the cause. 

“My partners and I made ‘Ice on Fire’ to give a voice to the scientists and researchers who work tirelessly every day on the front lines of climate change. We wanted to make a film that depicts the beauty of our planet while highlighting much-needed solutions across renewable energy and carbon sequestration. This film does more than show what is at stake if we continue on a course of inaction and complacency — it shows how, with the help of dedicated scientists, we can all fight back. I hope audiences will be inspired to take action to protect our beautiful planet,” DiCaprio said in a recent statement.

DiCaprio has been a vocal environmental activist for years through the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, which partners with projects that protect vulnerable wildlife from extinction. He’s produced several documentaries on climate change and animal rights, including ‘The 11th hour’, ‘Sea of Shadows’, ‘Cowspiracy’, ‘Catching the Sun’, ‘Before the Flood’, ‘The Ivory Game’, ‘A Plastic Ocean’ and ‘Virunga’. 

Release date

 ‘Ice and Fire’ premiered on Wednesday, May 22, at the Cannes Film Festival and debuts on HBO on June 11 at 8 pm.

Plot

In the new trailer, he touches upon the devastating impact of melting ice caps and how the effects of climate change in the Arctic will fuel flooding, droughts and more around the world. But rather than harping on the dire dangers of climate change, the trailer quickly shifts focus to the myriad efforts to fight it, such as giant solar power arrays, underwater kelp farms and even machines that can pull carbon out of the air and permanently remove it by pumping it underground and turning it into a rock.