THE EARTH 2100 LUCY In my life, I've seen New York City under full quarantine. The Midwest, overrun, devastated by pests. Plagues sweep across California. And then what happened next was something none of us saw coming. It became a race against time to save our future, to even have a future. It's the year 2100 and I--survived. To change the future, first you have to imagine it. "Earth 2100" starts now. HOST(MAIN) The idea that within this century, perhaps in your lifetime, our civilization could lie in ruins seems unbelievable. But according to some of the world's leading minds, that's not just a worst-case scenario, it's a real possibility. Good evening, I'm Bob Woodruff. Over the next two hours, we'll take you on a journey into a world that could await us and our children. 370,000 babies will be born today. And we've taken the liberty of creating one more, a fictional character we're calling Lucy, who will be our guide through this century. Her life story is not a prediction about what will happen, but what might happen. Jun 02 2100 This once glorious city, whose lights at night could be seen for miles, empty now. It's towering skyscrapers, once a testament to our ingenuity, now stand as crumbling monuments to our demise. JOHN PEDESTA “Maybe only artists can grasp what that kind off future really holds for us. It's perhaps in the area that we think of today as science fiction, but that could be a very real future for the planet.” JARED DIAMOND “A hundred years from now, if New York is abandoned, I can imagine some advanced creatures, maybe humans, maybe extraterrestrials, looking at New York and saying, those ignorant people, how on Earth could they have ever expected t...
