And we have still got a chance to stop it happening. That's not imagination, it's not HG Wells, it's not science fiction. And if the ice melts, the seas are going to rise and flood those cities. "A high proportion of the big cities in the world are built around the coast, because of their ports. If we warm the earth to such a degree that the Arctic melts – every city in the world will be under water,” he stresses. With the international conference on global warming being held in Glasgow next year, Sir David says this is a very timely moment to press home the message that climate change is real. Like the presenter, he feels America getting a new, greener President is a crucial development. So if humanity can unite to solve Covid surely we can to solve climate change?” “To be honest, Covid is a relatively small problem compared with the planetary crisis that's facing us. “We've seen how, in the search for the vaccine, humanity has united and put so much energy into solving that problem,” Fothergill explained. Sir David, and executive producer Alastair Fothergill, said that the Covid pandemic has given them hope that climate change is a problem that can be solved. The fifth and final episode takes a sharp change of tone as it examines the dramatic impact of humans on the planet – and what needs to be done to correct the damage. His thoughts on climate change and the action that needed will become even clearer when viewers tune in to BBC1's new landmark series A Perfect Planet from next month reports the Mirror.Ĭombining earth science and natural history in a way that hasn't been done before, it explores how the forces of nature, weather, ocean currents, solar energy and volcanoes drive, shape and support the planet's great diversity of life. I've never done it before, even for our own elections. "I can't remember getting out of my seat and cheering all by myself until that moment. That someone should be coming into power who recognises the importance of the ecological problems that face us – who's first statement after it became clear he was going to become the President Elect was to reinstate America's backing of the Paris agreement.
He said: “America is the most powerful country in the world, economically, and has huge influence on what happens. He may be 94-years-old but hearing Joe Biden say he would sign America back up to the international agreement to limit global warming left him feeling hugely heartened. Sir David Attenborough admitted he jumped for joy in delight after climate change denier Donald Trump lost the US election.
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