https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2025-02-20/boiling-point-not-a-great-year-for-climate-change-at-the-oscars-boiling-point

By Sammy Roth Climate Columnist

And the Oscar for best climate change film of 2024 goes to ...

For the second year running, nonprofit consulting firm Good Energy applied its Climate Reality Check to the actual Oscar-nominated films. Intended as a climate version of the Bechdel test, which measures representation of women, the Climate Reality Check tests whether a movie and its characters acknowledge global warming.

Compared to last year, the results weren't great.

Of last year's 13 Oscar-nominated films that met Good Energy's criteria (feature-length movies set in present-day or near-future Earth) three passed the test. This year, there were 10 eligible films. Only "The Wild Robot" passed.

The climate silence "does feel a little striking after the harrowing year we've all had," Good Energy Chief Executive Anna Jane Joyner said, referring to the fossil-fueled wildfires that tore through Altadena and Pacific Palisades.

"I think Hollywood is learning firsthand that it's on the front lines of climate change," she added.

Maybe a few years from now, studios will release a torrent of movies and shows reflecting the realities of a scary-but-still-salvageable world, helmed by producers and writers jolted into renewed awareness by the infernos.