History pre-premieres at the Climate Summit 'A history of the future', its new self-produced series

Composed of four episodes, the documentary series has been written and presented by Diego Rubio, Professor of Applied History and Government at IE University; and produced by Onza Entertainment.

Next Monday, December 9, at 10 p.m., History premieres exclusively A story from the future, his new self-produced series, made in collaboration with the Center for the Governance of Change of IE University, which takes a fascinating journey through time and space, to analyze the future of four fundamental areas of our lives: climate, work, democracy and globalization. Four issues that will mark the future of humanity in the next decade.

Con motivo de la celebración de la Cumbre del Clima que está teniendo lugar estos días en Madrid, el canal realizará un pre-estreno de la serie el próximo sábado a las 14 horas en la Zona Verde (COP25) en el espacio Marenostrum dentro de las instalaciones de IFEMA, lugar en el que se celebra la reunión internacional. En este marco, se proyectará el primer episodio de la serie que aborda los retos a los que se enfrenta el clima en las próximas décadas.

Compuesta por cuatro episodios, A story from the future ha sido escrita y presentada por Diego Rubio, Profesor de Historia Aplicada y Gobierno en la IE University; y producida por Onza Entertainment, creadora de títulos de éxito como The Ministry of Time. La serie cuenta con el testimonio de 19 renowned international experts from universities such as Oxford, Harvard, Yale, and MIT, and with the academic sponsorship of IE's Center for the Governance of Change, one of the most leading applied research institutions in Europe.

How did the first industrial revolution transform employment and how will the current one do so? What effects has climate change had in the past and how will it impact us? Will a new cold war break out between the US and China? Will democracy die in the near future? And if so, what systems will replace it?

This production proposes to analyze, in an informative way, the challenges that humanity faces today and asks us if, by traveling to the past, History can provide us with tools that help us face them. Although neither the context nor the specific circumstances can be the same when it comes to analyzing two different moments in History, we can find similarities. In the words of one of the experts, who quotes Mark Twain, he states “History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.”

Carolina Godayol, general director of The History Channel Iberia, assures that "paraphrasing the philosopher and politician Juan Donoso Cortés who in the 19th century stated that 'in the past is the history of the future', at Historia we have dedicated our 20th anniversary to exploring the events that have marked the history of humanity. A history of the future is the finishing touch that closes this anniversary with a look at some of the most significant issues in our present, climate, work, democracy and globalization, offering answers and solutions to the next challenges that humanity will have.”