‘The climate crisis is now’: haunting video spotlights California wildfires

The release by a Greta Thunberg-inspired activist group was timed with the global climate strike protests launching Friday

In a chilling new video released by Fridays for Future, the youth-led climate movement inspired by Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, filmmakers capture how escalating wildfires have devastated California's picturesque landscapes in the hopes of igniting an urgent call to action.

The short video, titled I love you, California," sees the camera pan slowly over the aftermath of megafires: apocalyptic scenes of smoldering canyons, communities reduced to rubble and once lush hillsides turned to blackened moonscapes. The film is soundtracked by a haunting rendition of California's state song, accompanied only by the sounds of quiet, rustling wind.