Climate change took center stage in the late-night circuit on Wednesday night as Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, James Corden, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and Trevor Noah banded together for “Climate Night.”
Several activists and leading voices on climate change appeared as guests across the late-night shows; from Dr. Jane Goodall to Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.
The co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates spoke to Corden, and the late-night host asked him why he hasn’t ventured to go near space as billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos have done. Gates responded, “We have a lot to do here on Earth.”
Climate Week NYC is a weeklong summit of global leaders and climate activists in New York City as they look to develop actionable resolutions. The late-night circuit is doing its part in spotlighting the issue, an event created by “The Daily Show” and “Patriot Act“ showrunner Steve Bodow.
“Climate change has gone very fast from ‘probably the future,’ to ‘actually, right now’ – which means we all need to be talking and thinking about it much more,” Bodow said.
“Late-night hosts reflect our national conversation even more than Russian Twitter bots set it – so this incredible group of shows coming together makes a statement about the scale and urgency of the world’s hottest problem.”
Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.
