The Scottish Parliament to mark 20 years of devolution. In a speech to msps she said shed watched scotland grow and prosper since holyrood took on its legal powers two decades ago. Our correspondent Alexandra Mackenzie was there. Scotland is an old nation with a relatively new parliament. Its seen two decades of devolution. The queen, joined by the duke of rothesay, said she fondly remembered the opening ceremony. Today she was back addressing the current msps. I have no doubt that for most of these last 20 years this striking chamber has provided exactly that a place to talk. But, of course, it must also be a place to listen. A place to hear views that inevitably may differ quite considerably, one from another. And a place to honour those views. The Political Landscape has changed dramatically since 1999. Thats whats called competition, i think. The first first minister was the labour leader, the late donald dewar. Nicola sturgeon was then a young snp msp. Now shes first minister. The 290 acts of parliament that have been passed so far have varied in their impact. But from land reform in the first parliament, to equal marriage in the last, to the Social Security act in this, they have all made scotland a better place. Some in the crowd had come to grab a glimpse of the queen. Others came to mark a moment in scotlands political history. Independence wise, i was totally against it. But i can see why weve got our own parliament, for coming forward with certain laws. The Scottish Parliament has allowed us to have a bit more of a voice for the nhs in scotland, and certainly some of the initiatives that have come forward in scotland. As the queen leaves the Scottish Parliament, people here say they feel a mixture of optimism and uncertainty about the next 20 years. The emphasis today was on unity. But as brexit dominates the uk political agenda, the snp government has said it brings an independent scotland a step closer. As the late donald dewar said, devolution is a journey with no end. Alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, edinburgh. Now on bbc news in thejune edition of talking movies the emphasis is on hollywood and the environment, including taking a look at how studios incorporate Environmental Concerns into their films. Hello, and welcome to this special edition of talking movies on the Film Industry and the environment. Im tom brook. In todays programme, how hollywood has dealt with Global Warming and other Environmental Issues in its films. Plus, efforts to reduce the Carbon Footprint of movies in production, we go behind the scenes. And how Climate Change is affecting the content of nature documentaries. And the film that explores peoples feelings and our Climate Change era. All that more in a special environmental edition of talking movies. Hollywood has historically been eager to reflect changes in the wider world in its films, but when it comes to Climate Change, the tendency is for it to be looked out through the documentary lens rather than by feature film makers. Emma jones has been finding out why. The polar ice caps have melted and the earth lies beneath a watery grave. One of hollywoods first attempts at featured on Climate Change as a plot device, water world was a footing mad max. It was sung at the box office, groaning under the weight of its massive budget. It has been reading like this for two days now. Mr Vice President if we dont act now, it will be too late. The title gives the day after tomorrow remains hollywoods massive what was that. Directed by the master of disaster, the film plunged the world into an ice age. It made half 1 billion incident was although at the time, the science was scoffed at. This is really not a political issue so much as a moral issue. But it took a serious man to get a serious issue into the public eye. Former Vice President , al gore. The 2006 documentary which followed a campaign to educate people about Global Warming won and oscar, it also got audiences talking. The sequel was made in 2018. Stories are the best way to communicate in a memorable fashion. Among all the media available to us, i personally believe that movies are the most powerful because you have a longform opportunity to convey a message with a lot of complexity and a powerful truth. An Inconvenient Truth as it is change, and more famous faces than al gore became involved. Try to have a conversation with anyone about Climate Change, people tune out. Leonardo dicaprio has made two films on Climate Change, one of them, before the flood was released free of charge on streaming platforms and was viewed millions of times in one day. Such figures encourage filmmakers that there is an audience for Environmental Issues. Based on the story of a schoolboy, who saved his village from Climate Change caused famine. People most vulnerable will take the brunt. It will, knock on all the doors eventually that it is the first wave of the brand, of our collective behaviour. There was something about that, the nature of Climate Change, its growing impact on vulnerable communities that i thought was very urgent. We can live in solutions to these problems, we can all choose to be like william and its that to embrace the solution to these issues. But hollywoods big budget departments are still mainly using the environment is a plot device, or for special effects, in san andreas plasma case, Dwayne Johnson to save the world from natural disasters. In that hollywood blockbuster, the day after tomorrow, i have come to theice day after tomorrow, i have come to the ice bar london and ifound i found film critic, anna smith. Has hollywood ever been responsible in its attitude towards the environment when making its films . I think when it comes to blockbusters, there is some attention from people like roland emmerich, to tell a story i make people think. Ultimately, studios want to make money and want to tell a blockbuster story that is action packed so they cut to the chase very quickly and we see the hero escalating through the disaster and getting through the chase. It is not a realistic experience. A realistic one will probably leave people quite depressed coming out of the cinema. Nor has hollywood had a great track record in colliding with reality. The hollywood version of the beach was accused of disrupting the beach where it was filmed. And planting new species to make the settings in more perfect. Do you think hollywood will change its tune after the growing realisation that Climate Change is now here . I would love to think that it does but the problem remains that studios have to please Middle America and climate deniers. Not everyone, even those on board, want to go i spent a lot of money at the cinema for an escapist movie which deals with the subject. However, id like to think that may shift as people become more aware. Perhaps Darren Aronofskys mother, and anna julie for killing the planet, which puzzled many when i would have a screen, is also an highlight of hollywoods relationship with the environment. Well intentioned, but not enough. Environmental concerns are changing the content of nature or wildlife documentaries, which is a steadily popular genre of film for more than 60 years. Increasing anxiety over the environment is prompting some film makers to adopt a more urgent, at times disconcerting tone. This is the story of our changing planet. Nature documentaries are having a moment in the sun. The genre as we know it was invented when the bbc found it is a Natural History unit in 1957. Tv networks and streaming services are overflowing documentaries which chronicled the splendour of nature and its brutal underbelly. How to explain that the rising popularity of this genre . Some see it as a necessary antidote to a modern society which leaves us disconnected from the Natural World. They are quite similar, in some ways, to zoos, historically, and Natural History museums because they give us some sense of the platitude of life. I think the thing which distinguishes them from those other institutions is that they can also connect with people on an emotional level. There is something about film and film narrative that can elicit really strong affect from people, a sense of connection, and a sense of emotional transport. Maybe that is even more true that we are now glued to our couches and phones . I think the big shift probably happened about 100 years ago, where humanity goes from being in everyday contact with animals, at least in the capitalist, industrialised world, to losing those contacts on an everyday level. So i think that documentary films about nature give people a sense of that visceral connection again. We have some plastic that this poor chick has had to bring up. As a response to our growing environmental crisis, nature document have to i double a more elegiac until celebratory tone. The trend began with the bbcs blue planet ii, which showed audiences see buzz being forced to feed man made products to their chicks. They often demonstrate in brutal detail the impact of human expansion on the ecosystem. In one haunting sequence, walruses on the ecosystem. In one haunting sequence, walruses who have been forced away from the natural habitat by Climate Change helplessly from a jagged by Climate Change helplessly from a jagged cliff as they attempt to return to the ocean from an unfamiliar landscape. Its a traumatic scene but experts say that new realities demanded this new approach. The fact is that we are living through the six mass extinction of species, all of the animals portrayed in these documentaries are in crisis, so at the plants and ecosystems. So if you just put them is just interesting, wonderful, beautiful and cute, youre missing the central fact is. And in doing so, enabling a larger low cultural phenomenon of denial about the crisis that we face. It is suggested this approach can have a real impact. 88 of viewers have pledged to reduce the impact of plastic after watching blue planet ii. But if nature documentaries are to reflect the full scope of our crisis, bigger changes are needed. The Nature Documentary is inherent to limiting sites. There participate and a form of colonial knowledge in which there is a kind of narrating. This is set up with a white guy but we never see him but we hear the voice over, it is narrating the truth of these other civilisations or other wild worlds. 0ther other civilisations or other wild worlds. Other species welts and what that does is to set up a kind of opposition between the narrator and also the viewer and the Natural World. And it suggests there is a com plete world. And it suggests there is a complete antithesis between them. We know that is not true. We know that we are shaping the Natural World, and we know that the Natural World is directly impinging on us and increasingly violent that pilot ways. In a sense, this turning point for nature documentaries reflect the largish is happening in other areas of filling. Views that have been systematically marginalised for years, like those of women or people or colour are now being elevated. When the old stories no longer serve the audience, new voices are needed. It is the same with nature documentaries, the difference is that the stakes are much larger. The vision of our species may depend on whether they evolve fast enough. On whether they evolve fast enough. The Film Community generally takes a politically correct line when it comes to Public Comments about Climate Change and environmental accountability. But theres a degree of hypocrisy in these pronouncements because when it comes to its impact on the environment, the Film Industry has been a big offender. Now theres effort under way to turn things around. Film sets are incredibly wasteful places, vast resources are routinely gathered, and to be disposed of before it is off to another location. But there is a campaign under way to make hollywood green. Producer Lydia Pilcher has been greening every film produced over the last 10 years. This one knows it is a big challenge. Absolutely. It could be an independent film, 50 100 people. A studio film could be 100 200. The miniseries im about to do, the crew size will be freer the miniseries im about to do, the crew size will be up to 50 people. That is a crew before you bring in all your background extras. When you think about what it takes to be people around from set to said, the transportation, the energy involved, then you get to creating the world of the movie, the sets, the scenery, all of the art department, the props, the wardrobe. So you are really running a little civilisation to make a movie set, so everywhere you go you are creating things and leaving Carbon Footprints. We, as an industry, can be progressive in our content, but when it comes to our practice, not so much typically. Emily 0brien in new york is co founder of earth angel, a company which will work with different studios to make it more green. Our model at earth angel, is about the providing the stats to help shoot or sustainably. The four ss, as we refer to it. We actually recruit, train, and supervise equal Production Assistant on every show that we work on. So there is always a dedicated individual who is overseeing and maintaining a shows sustainability efforts. That level of accountability makes the initiative go more smoothly and is so much more effective. The level of Environmental Impact assessment that we provide is pretty tremendous, in terms of how many plastic bottles are avoided, all the way up to, heres your Carbon Footprint. Really digesting that, breaking it down into ways that is easy for cast and crews to understand. What is it that motivates a studio to get involved in sustainability and thinking about issues like the environment . Because their main aim is obviously to turn a profit, isnt it . I was very impressed when i learned that the Hollywood Studios have been the footprint of their studio, equipment, the technology, the generators, the sound stages. They had been aware that this was an issue that was to be dealt with in our future. I think any corporation that has these Capital Investments and are unaware of what the current science is, which is pretty undeniable, the planet is heating up, things are changing, things need to change more. There is a level of social responsibility. And ultimately, it is an economic factor to really get on board with what the reality is and deal with it. So how much difference can these committee organisations and individuals make . Can they really bring down the Carbon Footprint of a film during production . Typical production, i would say their Carbon Footprint, was ten years ago, i would say we are down to about a third of that with the ones implementing these initiatives. Eventually, the goal is to get to Carbon Neutrality is our end goal, and then decarbonisation. Emily may be a small operator but she has some big endorsements. She helped make the amazing spider man 2 the most eco friendly sony blockbuster in history, showing she has support for some of the biggest players in history. It seems efforts to turn hollywood green have taken root, and are here to stay. 2019 brought a different kind of environmentalfilm, that was more concerned about peoples feelings about Climate Change, than the phenomenon itself. Filmmaker brett story has put together the committee on Climate Change, hearing peoples fears and examine 80s the future. Every day for the month of august and 2017, film maker brett story roamed new york city, interviewing its residents about their thoughts in its future. This resulted in the documentary, the hottest august, a time capsule of peoples anxieties when it comes to Climate Change according to the director. She said she wanted to make a different environmental film. We see a lot of films that are about coral reefs that are being destroyed, polar bears starving, things based on information about Climate Change instead of the environment and i wanted to make a film that is about whether or not Climate Change exists, beacuse we do, but how bad it is, but rather about how people are coping and what is at the root of our own paralysis in the face of it. A number of people that story talk to not only ruminated on the environment but also how Climate Change is having a negative impact on economic and politicalfares in the us. Do you as a film maker or your subjects make a connection between the climate and political environment . Yes, for sure, i think the film as being all about that connection. One of the connections is, also, the feeling that resources are diminishing. Storys interviews with her subjects reveals complex views people have in the face of those diminishing resources. My husband lost all his missionary. She she meets a survivor of Hurricane Sandy in the new york borough of Staten Island. Although this womans home was lost to the hurricane, she does not believe there will be another storm like that for 100 years. The Staten Island resident also expresses distrust for fema, the agency meant to aid citizens in emergency situations. Theres a group of people that we met in Staten Island who survived Hurricane Sandy, who stayed in their homes, and decided not to sell their houses when fema came offering. And so at once, it seems crazy that they would stay in their homes when the water is rising and there might be more storms, but they also understand that there is a real estate land grab going on around them. So when they say, im going to sell my house for 200,000 to fema . Where else am i going to live in new york for 200,000 . Then they see Real Estate Developers come in do something different. Even though it sounds like they are denail of Climate Change, theyre actually very astute in assessing the political situation of that large. The film portrays a snapshot of the politically divisive time the world is ending out of the psyche of people worrying about their ability to fright and society and their environment. 0ne young woman laments the scaling back of the us Environmental Protection agency, or epa, as the tru,mp administration seeeks to make environment concerns a top priority. Now is a bad time to get a environmental job because of the epa has been downsized. Instead of using her bachelors degree, she walks dog force. Herfriend has a cataclysm fear is Climate Change is become much more urgent. I think there is a much more fear for us that our kids might not live out their full lives. Is there a political motive for making this film, are you a Climate Change activist . Sure, im like many people. Im an advocate for continuing to get to get to survive on the planet. So certainly i consider myself and environmentalist but it is not a traditional activist film, in a sense, it has no simple political message and a set of takeaways, you can do this and that, it really is a film that is interested in asking why we feel so powerless right now and what we can do to feel like we dontjust have individual power but collective power to do something about the state of the planet. For me, that means thinking about how people are doing and how our lives could be better because our lives being better is not separate from the state of the planet being better. The hottest august is definitely not the average Climate Change film. Story was able to stitch together a fabric of peoples anxieties and thoughts about what the about the environment. Connections to Climate Change are loose at times and it can be how to identify what really binds the documentary together. But this film might serve the purpose the director intended, it documents the fears that ordinary people have for the fate of our world. And amid those fears, the hope that people can change the course of the future for the better. Well, that brings this edition of talking movies to a close. We hope youve enjoyed the show. Please remember you can always reach us on line and you can find us on facebook too. So from me, tom brook, and the rest of the talking movies production team, here in new york, it is goodbye as we leave you with this montage of sounds and images from the show. Its been raining like this for three days now. Hello again. Yesterday was the hottest day of the year so far. Temperatures reached 3a degrees celsius at both northolt heathrow in west london but a cold front has been working eastwards over recent hours and thats been bringing fresher air with it so todays top temperature will be around 25 degrees. Thats not cold, still warmer than normal for the time of year but not as hot as yesterday and yesterday ended in a bit of a bang as well. Some lively thunderstorms, particularly focusing in on parts of scotland brought also some localised flooding issues. It wasnt the first time this month that edinburgh was in the firing line for some pretty nasty weather. Looking at the weather picture, over recent hours, you can see those storms have been working out into the north sea. The weather has been calming down but if youre heading outside over the next few hours, there could still be a bit of rain to come especially across Western Areas of scotland, the highlands and the Western Isles but its a largely dry picture and although it was a very warm start of the night, if you are heading outside over the next few hours, these are the kinds of temperatures you are more likely to encounter, only around 15, 16 degrees celsius. Sunday is going to be a much fresher kind of day with plenty of sunshine around. There will be some thick cloudin the north west and that will be bringing outbreaks of rain so some wet weather here and along with that, the cool winds coming in from the sea will keep temperatures pretty low, really, from the time of year across the far north of scotland and thats why there are a few showers for Northern Ireland, a few for the north west of both england and wales and the driest weather across southern and eastern areas. For many of us, temperatures pretty good for that time of year. 20 in aberdeen, quite warm. 2a, 25 southeast england but 1a for shetland and 12 in lerwick, thats not particularly special for the time of year. Another hot day coming up for Central Europe on sunday as well. The heatwave is beginning to come to an end as cooler temperatures begin to flow in and that will tend to lock the temperatures down. For much of the week ahead, our weather is going to take a north westerly pattern and bring further showers in across the north west of the uk, variable cloud elsewhere with some spells of sunshine coming and going. Temperatures alright for the time of year with 18 in newcastle, 22 in london but again, across the far north of scotland, a little bit disappointing for the time of year. We are looking deeper into the week ahead, its a largely dry week actually with sunny spells and temperatures generally into the high teens, low 20s for scotland and Northern Ireland and into the low to mid 20s for england and wales. Thats your weather. Welcome to bbc news. Im reged ahmad. Our top stories President Trump prepares to visit the Demilitarized Zone between north and south korea but will kim jong un be there . A rush of sudden twitter diplomacy has made this historic summit a real possibility. In other news nearly a month after sudans brutal crackdown, hundreds return to the streets of the capital, demanding civilian rule. Thousands march through georgias capital, tbilisi in a tenth day of anti russian demonstrations. And north macedonias first ever gay pride march as the Lgbtq Movement marks its 50th anniversary