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A hopeful vision of a future within reach.
How to Live on Earth is a visionary feature documentary that explores our vital connection to nature and its role in our future. Presented by Benedict Cumberbatch, this ultimate 'how-to guide' features inspirational, cutting-edge stories and powerful cinematography from around the world to reveal how humans are learning to team up with nature to solve our biggest challenges. Heart-warming, entertaining, energising, the film presents a hopeful vision of a future within reach – one in which nature thrives, and so do we.
Together, let's make this a global moment for nature.
The global release of How to Live on Earth is a chance to bring audiences into a bigger conversation about our relationship with the natural world – and what it takes to create a better future.
By collaborating across organisations and sectors, together we can turn a moment of storytelling into an opportunity for connection, inspiration and action for nature.
A global campaign for nature
We are not launching a documentary. We are creating a global cultural moment.
Following its World Premiere at the start of London Climate Action Week, the film is travelling to audiences around the world through a series of Regional Premieres and high-level screenings, building momentum before launching on YouTube – the world’s largest streaming platform, free to all.
The film will premiere globally on YouTube on Sunday 20 September 2026 at 11am PDT Los Angeles / 2pm EDT New York / 7pm BST London / 8pm CET Berlin – inviting audiences around the world to tune in together for a global film event.
This moment will provide a catalyst for long-term ambition and engagement surrounding the film. You’re part of a growing network of partners and collaborators contributing to a global cultural campaign designed to make nature impossible to ignore.
UNDP-supported HTLOE impact cut screenings at the UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, August 2026.
For more information, contact:
UNDP:
Andrea.Egan@undp.org
Open Planet:
Kate.Goldman-Toomey@openplanet.org
