David Attenborough says ‘humans have overrun the world’ as he issues climate warning

(The Independent, 16 Jan 2020) ‘The living world is a unique and spectacular marvel, yet the way we humans live on earth is sending it into a decline,’ Sir David says.

David Attenborough has said humans have “overrun the planet” in a warning that the natural world is on the precipice of “disaster”.

The veteran broadcaster warned that, unless humanity began to act to mitigate our impact on the environment and “work with nature rather than against it” the planet will continue to decline.

It comes as the scale of the climate change and biodiversity crisis triggered by humanity is pushed to the fore by activists, while scientists continue to unearth concerning findings about the state of our planet.

Over the last month, researchers have confirmed the 2010s marked the hottest decade on record, while a separate study showed the planet’s ocean’s reached their warmest temperature on record in 2019.

The broadcaster’s​ intervention comes ahead of the release of his latest film – David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet – which the 92-year-old has described as “my witness statement and my vision of the future.”

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The Independent, 16 Jan 2020: David Attenborough says ‘humans have overrun the world’ as he issues climate warning