Thursday, April 18, 2019

Change is coming whether you like it or not.

Sir David Attenborough has issued his strongest statement yet on the threat posed to the world by climate change.
 In the BBC programme Climate Change - The Facts, the veteran broadcaster outlines the scale of the crisis facing the planet. Sir David says we face "irreversible damage to the natural world and the collapse of our societies". But there is still hope, he says, if dramatic action to limit the effects is taken over the next decade. "In the 20 years since I first started talking about the impact of climate change on our world, conditions have changed far faster than I ever imagined," Sir David states in the film.
 Sir David's concern over the impacts of climate change has become a major focus for the naturalist in recent years. This has also been a theme of his One Planet series on Netflix.
 His new BBC programme has a strong emphasis on hope. Sir David argues that if dramatic action is taken over the next decade then the world can keep temperatures from rising more than 1.5C this century.
This would limit the scale of the damage. "We are running out of time, but there is still hope," says Sir David.
 The programme also highlights the rising generation of young people who are deeply concerned about what's happening to the planet.
Teenage campaigner Greta Thunberg has helped spark school strikes all over the world.

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