grand finale ICE ON FIRE Thank you for reading this issue of GRAND! Please let us know what you think and what you'd like to see in GRAND. Just click here Leonardo DiCaprio re-teams with The 11th Hour director Leila Conners for a look at how science might be able to save the planet. T he sobering message remains the same, but the focus this time is on the cutting-edge research methods which might just be able to tackle or even reverse the escalating climate crisis. There is hope, the film argues, but, as DiCaprio's voiceover stresses, the time for ignoring experts is over, and the time for action is now. The film acknowledges that powerful voices with vested interests in the fossil fuel industry continue to muddy the waters of climate science - one researcher insists that those involved in climate change denial are committing crimes against humanity which should be tried in the Hague. And although he is not mentioned by name, a clip of Trump honking on about "Bringing back coal. Clean coal." is a chilling reminder that the odds are not exactly stacked in the favour of common sense. But given that money talks to the people who would otherwise not bother to listen, the fact that the industries which provide solutions are now more profitable than those which contribute to the problem gives a glimpse of hope. 36 GRAND JULY-AUG 2019https://www.facebook.com/GRANDmagazine/ https://www.twitter.com/grandMmagazine https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/ice-on-fire