Sir David Attenborough issued a chilling warning to the world today about the collapse of the natural world at the United Nations climate talks in Katowice, Poland.
The TV presenter and naturalist delivered a message calling for leaders and decision-makers to take charge on driving down greenhouse gas emissions.
Sir David was speaking on behalf of the UN’s “People’s Seat” initiative to give ordinary people a voice at the international talks by gathering their thoughts, ideas, and concerns through social media and polling in the past two weeks.
In a speech broadcast on the BBC, Attenborough announced: “If we don’t take action, the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon":
"We're facing a man-made disaster of global scale... time is running out" - Sir David Attenborough issues warning at UN Climate Conference #COP24 in Poland https://t.co/I8q5wKRm3v pic.twitter.com/e2GlRChign
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned negotiators at the meeting that the world was “in deep trouble” with climate change. Guterres stressed that climate action makes social and economic sense -cutting emissions will curb air pollution deaths and generate millions of jobs and trillions of dollars.
The United Nations warns that decisive action needs to be taken in the next two years to tackle the threat of climate change.
In order to try and combat the issue, the United Nations is launching the ActNow bot which will help people across the globe access to information to learn how to make daily changes to slow down climate change.
The link will bring you to Facebook messenger which will ask you to start a conversation with the United Nations. The United Nations will recommend what changes you could take including having meat-free days and switching to energy saving light bulbs. Click here to start taking action.
