We Can Fix Global Warming, Says the Voice of ‘Planet Earth.’ But Humans Must Hurry.
David Attenborough issues climate-change warning at Davos: ‘The Garden of Eden is no more’
By Kayla Epstein
Sir David Attenborough has seen more of the planet and its wonders than most humans ever will. And on Monday, the famous naturalist and British television broadcaster warned that it had changed so rapidly and profoundly because of human-driven climate change that we risk destroying our earthly home.
“The only conditions modern humans have ever known are changing and changing fast,” he said while accepting the Crystal Award at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, an annual gathering of the world’s most powerful political, cultural and business leaders. “It is tempting and understandable to ignore the evidence and carry on as usual or to be filled with doom and gloom. … We need to move beyond guilt or blame and get on with the practical tasks at hand.”
To drive home the point, Attenborough pointed to the changes that had taken place during his lifetime.
“I am quite literally from another age,” the 92-year-old said. “I was born during the Holocene, the name given to the 12,000-year period of climatic stability that allowed humans…
