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COP26: David Attenborough Delivers Powerful & Urgent Speech

He urged world leaders to avoid catastrophe.

Sir David Attenborough has addressed the COP26 climate summit in an urgent speech, that urges world leaders to commit to 1.5C temperature increase limit.

The speech formed part of the importance conference’s opening ceremony on Monday, where he told the gathering that humanity was “already in trouble”.

Watch the full powerful delivery above!

 

“It comes down to this. The people alive now and the generation to come will look at this conference and consider one thing – did the number stop rising and start to drop as a result of commitments made here? There’s every reason to believe that the answer can be yes. If working apart we are forces powerful enough to destabilise our planet, surely working together we are powerful enough to save it.”

 

– Sir David Attenborough

Posted by Claire Edwards 3 November 2021

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