PETE Postlethwaite has given his backing to a campaign highlighting the issues of climate change.

Launched by the Environment Agency, the campaign features two winning films, written by students from universities in the north west, from the Environment Agency’s short film competition, Tomorrow’s World. The winning films were announced at an awards ceremony and special screening hosted by Prof. Phil Redmond, and attended by Oscar nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite, from Padgate.

The two winning films, written by students from Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Central Lancashire, fought off competition from more than 70 entries, to tackle the climate change issues of flooding and limited water resources.

Pete Postlethwaite said: “It’s great to see students getting involved with a project as vital as this.

“Obviously it’s imperative that people realise, first and foremost, that climate change is actually happening, and secondly that we need to act now.

“The younger generation of today will no doubt be the leaders of tomorrow.”