Sir David Attenborough: Great Barrier Reef evidence of climate change inaction
Famed naturalist says there are people in power in Australia who still don’t believe climate change is happening.
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Famed naturalist and documentary maker Sir David Attenborough has named Australia as one of the countries most affected by climate change and pointed to ‘powerful people’ who remained sceptics.
The 93-year-old told was addressing the Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy committee in the UK.
“We cannot be radical enough with dealing with these issues,” he said.
“If the world climate change goes on as it is we are going to be facing huge problems with immigration. Large parts of Africa will become even less inhabitable than they are now and there is going to be major upsets in the balance between our national boundaries.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRKXtRUc1Xk
Attenborough cited his visits to the Great Barrier Reef as evidence of climate change inaction.
“I will never forget diving on the reef about 10 years ago and suddenly seeing that instead of this multitude of wonderful forms of life, that it was stark white, it had bleached white because of the rising temperatures and the increasing acidity of the sea,” he said.
“30 to 40 per cent of all oceanic fish throughout the seas depend upon the coral reefs at some time of their lives.”
Asked about claims from climate change deniers that people were “overpanicking”, he singled out Australia and the US.
“I am sorry that there are people who are in power, and internationally, notably of course: the United States but also in Australia — which is extraordinary because Australia is already facing having to deal with some of the most extreme manifestations of climate change,” he said.
“Both Australia and America — those voices are clearly heard — and one hopes that the electorate will actually respond to those.”
But he also defended debate.
“It’s very very important that voices of dissent should have a place where they’re heard and the arguments between the two sides can be worked out in public, and compared and analysed in public, that’s very important.”
Source: SBS, news.com.au
9 Responses
is he talking about man made climate change or natural climate change. Do you notice he doesn’t make state which he is talking about.
Address to UN 2018: BBC presenter blamed humans for the, “man-made disaster of global scale, our greatest threat in thousands of years”.
Who do you trust more Sir David or politicians and bureaucrats? Gimme Dave anytime
Wonder how much money he has made out of climate change?
I would think nothing. I can’t believe anyone could be so ignorant as to make such a comment.
He would be payed for every program he made, so let’s not be gulliable in believing he doesn’t get payed.
Yes he gets paid, but his programs have nothing to do with climate change other than saying its having an effect on nature. So I cant see how he would be making money out of climate change!
I’m not a skeptic & am aware of global warming, however, I don’t like the term radical being used because of its connotations with extremism. There’s a case of a man who won an unfair dismissal case against a Queensland university involved in Great Barrier Reef research after exposing fake research, such as only taking pictures of unhealthy coral whilst ignoring healthy coral alongside. As well as providing alternate research not aligned with the agenda of climate change on Sky News, also claiming that the marine studies organisations involved can no longer be trusted.
When there are malicious reprisals based on bias, it makes me doubt the sincerity of the research.
Couldn’t agree more!