Nature & Environment

Attenborough calls for climate change action

By T.K. Randall
January 3, 2015 ·  39 comments

Sir David has called for more definitive action. Image Credit: CC BY 2.0 USFWS / Steve Hillebrand With a career spanning over six decades, sir David Attenborough has had more experience than most when it comes to witnessing first hand the effects of climate change on the natural world.

In a stark warning this week the famed naturalist outlined his concerns about the lack of action being taken to address global warming and the fact that there are still those who deny that an issue even exists despite strong evidence to the contrary.

"Wherever you look there are huge risks," he said. "The awful thing is that people in authority and power deny that, when the evidence is overwhelming and they deny it because it's easier to deny it – much easier to deny it's a problem and say ‘we don't care'."While a crucial UN climate summit is scheduled to take place later this year, Sir David maintains that world leaders are still not taking the matter seriously enough.

"Never in the history of humanity in the last 10 million years have all human beings got together to face one danger that threatens us – never," he said.

"It's a big ask, but the penalty of not taking any notice is huge."

Source: Independent | Comments (39)

Tags: David Attenborough, Global Warming