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| Mon, 25th May 2020 11:47:00 |
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Sir David Attenborough warns climate change has been ‘swept off front pages’ by coronavirus |
Sir David Attenborough has warned that climate change has been "swept off the front pages" by the coronavirus pandemic.
The 94-year-old broadcaster called for a renewed focus on the issue and suggested the outbreak could result in increased co-operation between the nations of the world.
"The trouble is that right now the climate issue is also seen as being rather in the distant future because we've got the virus to think about," he said during an appearance on the So Hot Right Now podcast.
"And so what are the papers full of? The virus. Quite right, that's what I want to know about, too.
"But we have to make sure that this issue, which was coming to the boil with the next COP meeting in Glasgow, has suddenly been swept off the front pages. And we've got to get it back there."
Asked whether he saw a solution to the decreased awareness of climate change, he said: "No, if I knew that I would be a dictator but I'm not. I don't know – we, you and me and lots of others like us have got to keep on going on about it but the clock is ticking.
"The danger of the Arctic and the Antarctic warming is becoming greater day by day."
Sir David added: "What the result of coronavirus is going to be I don’t know. But I'm beginning to get a feeling that for the first time the nations of the world are beginning to see that survival depends on co-operation. If that happens, that's going to be a first in human history."
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