Can Polar Bears
Tread Water

Producer/Director(s): Robbie Stamp, Lawrence Moore

Year: 1989

Genre: documentary

Region: United States of America, United Kingdom Duration: 52'

Language: English

Now that the Cold War is over, the world may have to grapple with the new, more insidious threat to global security posed by global climate change. At a time when the world population is expanding rapidly, a warmer climate threatens to reduce grain production from the United States, which supplies over 100 countries, by as much as 17 per cent. Shortfalls in world food supplies will lead to whole communities uprooting themselves to move to more propitious climates in search of food. Climate change could even trigger wars over scarce resources. This graphic and timely Anglo-American production investigates the underlying causes of climate change, its likely effects, and the measures now open to world leaders to stave off ecological catastrophe.

Awards:
First Prize, Environmentally Sustainable Development of Industry and Transport Category, EKOFILM (1991, Czech Republic); Prix Italia, Best Environmental Film (1990, Italy); Red Ribbon, America Film & Video Festival (1990, San Francisco, USA); Special Award for Innovation, Wildscreen (1990, UK); Best Educational Award, The Television Movie Awards (1990, Mount Freedom, New Jersey USA); Certificate of Merit, Educational Network category, 26th Chicago International Film Festival (1990, USA)