Arnold Schwarzenegger calls for action against climate change

Andreas Tischler

Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to see action, and he’s not interested in movies. Schwarzenegger spoke about climate change and said it’s time to stop talking and find concrete solutions.

“All we care about is action,” Schwarzenegger said at the latest edition of the Austrian World Summit, the event he launched eight years ago. “Talk alone will not save us – but action will. We all share the same vision of a pollution-free world. We must do whatever it takes to stop the bleeding, to save our children, to save our planet, to save our future.”

The summit, themed “Be Useful: Tools for a Healthy Planet,” was held at Vienna’s Hofburg Palace, the official residence of the Austrian president. The goal was to find concrete solutions to combat climate change, and Schwarzenegger told attendees: “You have the power.”

Schwarzenegger, former governor of California, founded the international summit held in Austria in 2017. He hosted the event and opened it with his speech.

Austrian Federal President Alexander Van Der Bellen, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the European Commission’s Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, Maroš Šefčovič, took part.

Representatives from various industries and sectors participated. The film and television industry is increasingly committed to climate change, especially in terms of reducing the footprint of productions and also storytelling, both real and fictional. Klemens Hallmann presented his documentary film narrated by Kate Winslet Dream landscapeswhich is supported by WWF.

He spoke about how film production can address the challenges of climate change during what he called a state of emergency. Klemans also spoke about a different narrative approach with Dream landscapeswhich is produced under the banner of the Hallmann Entertainment Company: “We consciously wanted to take a new approach. Our goal was to show the beauty of our earth in all its diversity. We want to make viewers aware of what needs to be protected.”