David Attenborough on the future of the planet - BBC Newsnight
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- Sir David Attenborough on the environment, the future and a life on television.
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92! he looks amazing for his age and his mind sharp as someone in their 30s. He truly is a international treasure.
Nytes1982 indeed. I was thinking the same thing.
He is an international fossil. 💤
Probably all that sacrificial blood.
NYTES 1982 HE IS 93 NOT 92
Well he does nothing but contribute to climate change. All he gas bagging about the obvious!
Imagine if we all had the same respect for earth as Sir David Attenborough...
Imagine there's no heaven...
Imagine if people actually addressed the problem. It is not climate change, it is the side effects of human overpopulation. Nothing will be fixed until the human population declines.
@@Northern85Star
If the oligarchs would stop destabilizing countries around the world and ripping them off along the way, perhaps they could build a prosperous society. Freedom and prosperity is the most humane form of population control. The oligarchs have and will again have massive kill offs of humanity. The banking oligarchs are luciferian ghouls.
Kroban3 No, prosperity is one of the two main problems, the other being overpopulation. It will not be fixed, because a decreasing population hurts the economy (the prosperity). No western nation has a decreasing population!
@@Northern85Star
Are you a communist? Your statements are not unlike those of someone capable of killing millions of innocent people. I toured the killing fields in Cambodia. I also took a narrated tour of some of the fields. One of the last statements on the tour was that people don't think it could happen which means it could happen.
Got more but my beautiful CO2 emitting daughter just woke up.
Long live sir david attenborough
This man, saw our planet in his untouched pristine state, what a chance he had.
I saw things in my younger years. Anemones, see tomatoes, a very alive Mediterranean sea... I saw the underwater before the first El Niño (in Indonesia and Malaysia) what a beautiful colorful diverse paradise, it was.
All those thing went lost, as tears in the rain...
The young people of today they can not see anymore all that beauty.
John S 🖕
NikeHerculesMM19 🖕
I hope not. His dishonest influence has become a real problem for the youth who believe him on global catastrophe
@@robmanzoni5766 - Such as?
One thing I resent over this is that 'the blame', for the want of a better expression, seems to be laid upon the consumer. Not so long ago we had brown paper bags and liquids came in a glass bottle; milk was delivered by electric powered float, and of course glass bottles were recycled.
Its actually these large corporations which changed that. I happen to think those responsible for much of the waste, plastic of course, are these large companies who will stop at nothing to make a profit. When I was growing up in the eighteens there was far less plastic used and I can't recall seeing much of it.
Ghost Dog I agree entirely with you. My formative years were the eighties, and as you point out this was a period of massive change in packaging. Now even if you are an ecologist, I believe it is IMPOSSIBLE to shop sustainably. It could be argued that the consumer didn't have to buy this stuff, but what is the alternative? Quite simply, there wasn't/isn't one.
the first thing you can do is compel plastic and packaging manufacturers to standardise
While perhaps very true. If the difference is to be made we all have the shoulder as much responsibility as we can and make the "sacrifices" as it were to refuse large corporations in favour of more ecological options. The corporation obey the consumer at the end of the day
You're right. I'm in full agreement. Everything is designed for convenience and cost which ends up being very bad for the planet.
Onion nails it: “ExxonMobil CEO Depressed After Realizing Earth Could End Before They Finish Extracting All The Oil”
The entire problem boils down to our relationship with this planet. We don't treat this planet like the living thing it is, we treat it as if it existed just to enable our industrial processes and provide space for our architecture and infrastructure. If the resources hidden in the ground can be sold for a tonne of money, the forest that has been growing there for thousands of years just has to go. If we want to build a motorway, we'll rather cut such an old forest in half, blocking organisms on both sides from crossing over, than go around the forest.
Sooo what do you want to happen?
@@Danny-is5ifnature will eventually take care of the problem.
@@Danny-is5if they(governmental scientists, etc) stop trying to fix our weather and stop creating weather where ever they want to, that is was is destroying our planet , this is what they do....'politicians are throwing money that they dont have at a problem that doesn't exist in order to finance solutions that make no difference.' Michael Hart
Going vegan is the SINGLE BEST thing u can do for this planet in 2020. Are u vegan?
also no one cares about me
I want him to live a very long life because I have only one wish in my life that I want to meet him and wants to tell him that I much i respect him for his work...
He is the one who teach me the real meaning of nature in our life.after watching his documentaries i want to become a naturalist......(sorry for my bad english)
What a great man. In my opinion, the most responsible, fair and rational role model the UK has ever offered the world.
Completely agree, not just the UK but the world. Honestly, no exaggeration..
I absolutely love David Attenborough's documentaries. The way he presents, music, background voice, and everything woven together so perfectly.
I have an enormous respect and admiration for Sir David Attenborough. I like this man very much.
Such a wonderful man - very truthful, love all his prgrammes ❤
He certainly used to be. Now, sadly, he's been bought and paid for by The End is Nigh Brigade. Very sad!
Love the guy. He is so clever and elegant. He can tell a story so beautifully.
Just about every plastic and cotton product on earth could be replaced with a hemp based alternative. When you realise the high levels of business and finance that are involved in these two industries, it is easy to see why cannabis has been kept illegal and demonised so drastically, by many of those in power. Seriously, if there was a will as a species, we could turn this around in a year. Not only that, it would be easy, massively profitable and completely beneficial for everyone and everything living on this planet.
You can manufacture about ten thousand one time plastic bags for the energy and resource cost it takes to manufacture a single hemp or cotton bag.
I am afraid it is not that easy a problem - which should not surprise anyone. If it WERE easy, someone ould have solved it by now.
Also BAMBOO as it can be used in building materials, doesnt need pesticides, grows in any soil, some varieties can replace plastic, be eaten by animals & us & some grow 90ft in 60 days & 100% renewable.
Industrial hemp can replace many textiles & also be used as bio fuel ! cheers
Which is why it will never happen. Humans are greedy, selfish, & not very smart.
My daughter makes shopping bags out of old t-shirts of her own or shopping at Goodwill. She sews the bottom and cuts slits for air and cuts out sleeps for handles. She brings her own container to restaurants for to-go food and bottle for her drink where they use plastic. Socks for dusting. You can repurpose used clothing for cleaning, wearing , etc. That’s one thing among many but collectively we can all make a difference.We can & should all choose to be responsible since each of us has contributed to the problem. Much of our recycling gets sent to a third world country because the recycling companies can’t handle the amount of overflow of our own garbage plus it has to go somewhere after it is sorted. I found most companies won’t even take glass anymore because they of cost to recycle it.
Thank God there’s other people who speak commonsense👍
Christian "creation of god" i thought god wasn't created?
@@soygato2722 does god trigger you?
A massively huge thank you to Sir David for his Love and interaction of our beautiful planet.... If the public (in every country) DO CARE about their little area, village, town, be it an suburban or rural area and surrounding countryside, then we should each as individuals prove we have woken up, and if not previously are NOW aware of the mess we've created and what the consequences of our past actions have created for all life on the planet. Let's be honest about it. The majority of us could EACH DO MORE.
And of course we should ensure that the people we vote to put into power are aware and actively committed to environmental stability before we give them our vote - because their children, grandchildren and future generations also will inherit the mess we leave them... Greed out. Love in. It's time for unity folks or as it has been said: Our destruction will arise from the beast that we mankind, has created.
Thank you Mr Attenborough for 50+yrs of enlightenment
You take this boomer seriously ?
@@davidwalz94 Why wouldn't you?
you mean entertainment
This 92 year old man is so sharp! His mind is clear at 92. What food and lifestyle does he have? somebody please!!
?:? He’s certainly not stupid enough to go on a vegan diet. Like he said humans are omnivores. I believe humans are a lot like bears. Bears focus primarily on fat and meat but when those cannot be accessed they turn to fruit. Just the other day I was watching planet earth and found out even polar bears eat berries. Of course it’s best to return to meat asap because that’s the healthiest and most nutritious food. My guess is he primarily eats meat, especially since he’s part of the elite.
Love David and his Documentaries!
Happy Birthday Sir David Attenborough.. If only the worlds population believed in you truly. Narrating will NEVER be the same when you're gone..
David Attenborough is unfortunately mistaken if he thinks the Paris climate agreement will have any measurable effect.
1. It is voluntary
2. There are no penalties for not keeping to it
3. The entire agreement does not have the word "vehicles" or "automobiles" nor "mass transit" within it despite that being 20% of global emissions.
4. The Paris agreement says there should be no warming above 1.5oC post 1750, we will have broken it by 2024.
5. Harvard released a report where it clearly showed we have a less than 1% chance of meeting our Paris climate targets and only a 33% chance of stopping at 2oC.
6. 20 years ago we spoke of "2oC by 2100" as being the worst case scenario. Today, 2oC is the best case scenario and we will reach it by 2050.
7. The reason for the symptom of rapid climate change, is an anti democratic economic system called capitalism, that doubles in size over just 33yrs, requiring a doubling of energy and materials to maintain its perpetual growth.
Capitalism itself, is incompatible with solving climate change, and it is for this reason that most people on earth are still climate change deniers, because most accept the physics of climate change but not the economics driving it and the need to end the current system for survival.
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Do you mean death or communism? that would be an accurate statement.
At present it says death is greater than communism ;o)
20 years ago "we" spoke of a lot of things which still haven't happened. I'm glad to see you accept that it's a political argument .
8. It has not the word meat in it.
@Accelerationist Communism is only bad for people who are material things collectors.
@Accelerationist Yes, you have to be strong now: The future lives in vegan communism, the only future. Of course you are allowed to eat soylent green if you like meat so much, this stays in the family :-)
thankyou for being the biggest voice for every life on our beautiful planet we love you!
Much love and respect to David Attenberg.... very well said awesome thank you so much for what you've done for our planet
For all people sitting here slaying David, please tell me what you have done to fight against these world problems, he has done more for this world than every single viewer of this video put together.
Population has increased 700 percent in 150 years - we do not fit into the natural order of predator / prey ecology... Terrible questions asked. Co2 production of bags was stupid & short sighted... Attenborough will be greatly missed & difficult to find another presenter who is engaging, interesting and enthusiastic. The next generation will need some very special presenters to inspire & save the natural world and few animals we have left them.
Steven Hopkins they will generate new dialogue from his voice files. He is the voice of the planet.
Steven Hopkins Please accept my apologies but you idiot, we dont have few animals. Please quit trying to scare people to get them to do what you want them to do.
NikeHerculesMM19 I don’t dispute anything you’ve said there. If the world is overpopulated the only solution is genocide and mass murder, that’s exactly what these eco fascists want to do. He talks about Darwinism and evolution, the person that comes to mind who was passionate about animal welfare, the environment and overpopulation was Adolf Hitler.
I don't think Sir David was always received as he is now,obviously,he has been around a lot longer.There will be young presenters who will pass the same tests of time as he has.I guess what makes him even more interesting is the fact that he has been at the forefront of his forte since TV really began.Hopefully he'll 'endorse' a few of tomorrows Sir Davids to get them on their way lol
CO2 is not a problem, if anything, the biosphere needs more.
I really hope i'm as sharp as him when i'm in my 90's. Such an amazing man! Been following him my whole life!
Evan Davies embarrasses himself here. Awful questioning no structure and sitting on the fence. I love Attenborough he deals with Evan brilliantly.
Possibly the nicest man on this planet. Thanks.
Why did the interviewer asked if he watched love Island? He knew the answer before asking. He has self respect and decency so of course he doesn't.
I've grown up watching his documentaries , thank you
0.04% of the atmosphere is CO2 = 400ppm. 3% of that is man-made CO2 = 12ppm. 1% of that is UK man-made CO2 = 0.12ppm. So if the UK stopped all fossil-fuel usage, it would reduce atmospheric CO2 concentration by 0.12ppm. That's less than a sparrow breath in the blue sky above you.
If the entire world were to follow the Australian Model to cut carbon emissions... it will cost a WHOPPING $US 400 Trillion to cut emissions by 0.03%! Notice how they can NEVER show a graph that goes back beyond the 1700s??? LUCKILY FOR ME - I look at graphs that go bback THOUSANDS of years... and we are currently going into GLOBAL COOLING! x
1952 BBC ?? fff me.. massive Respect David... every saturday evening as a kid..
listening to david attenborough voice is meditation.......so peaceful
David is one of the greatest assets to the BBC, a truly loved and remarkable human being. Evan Davies represents the fall of the BBC, an outdated voice and an awful interviewer. Poles apart.
Darren Burgess
Totally agree,
I disagree, while legitimate pollution is a concern, the CO2 scare is a total fraud.
I like the laughter in the background when Sir Attenborough is asked about Love Island :)
Sir David you're right about changing climate thanks for your wise word
but interviewers questions are not aligning with topic of discussion
He's wrong about CO2. CO2 is the stuff of life. The biosphere has benefitted from the increase of human emissions of CO2. 400ppm is almost nothing. The hot gas coming out of Attenborough's mouth contains 40,000ppm CO2.
Wonderful sir David you've delighted me all my life... thank u
All these years and all the evidence yet the world's still in a mess. He's an amazing bloke idk what the world will do without him
The only public figure to actively challenge our population levels as a species in a humane way. A truly honest and courageous man.
You should step in front of a speeding bus to show your resolve
Mesmerizing to listen them
we have to cherish people like sir david
they are a very rare kind, a kind we need, people who don't give a shit about ' political correctness '
and have the balls to say the things as they are
you , sir attenborough , have my deepest respect , p
Such a sharp man, intellectually and fashionably.
Sir David attenborough I could listen to all day, so calming and rational.
Sir David Attenborough is an OG.
ordinary people are put upon, he should be addressing the corps.
It lad upon us wish we all had respect for the nature the earth, my respect for Sir David Attenborough.
I love David Attenborough Sooooooo Much
I don't like his anti-human stance on CO2.
All of the worlds problems stem from education- we need to be teaching our youth about all of this because they are going to be the ones dealing with our generations ignorance.
Huh? Children need to learn who really orchestrates to horrors of this world. The ghouls responsible for the wars and genocides are the banking oligarchs.
Kroban3 Yeah. Education is key. But you and those rich bastards don't want that. You don't actually want people thinking for themselves. You wanna shout and scream at anyone you don't like or want to listen to.
That voice !!!
You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
Yeah, that seems true.
sorry jay z
David Attenborough isn't a villain...
Davis Attenborough - great man, Evan Davies - poor interviewer...
@SuperCorrector1 well said
While I kind of agree with a lot of that (apart from David being a buffoon), it does remain unknown what affect the accelerated rate of global warming will have on the planet. Global warming can be good for nature, but if it leads to global cooling then it might not be so good. But who knows, a glacial period might be inevitable anyway along with more extinction. It is hard to predict, if you look at a historic global temperature graph since the younger dryas period, it has been quite stable for some time. CO2 aside, do we as humans really want plastic littering the planet and industry damaging our health? Of course not, and to me that's enough of a reason to fight the fight
@SuperCorrector1 Who are you?
@SuperCorrector1 Oh the warming is beneficial now you say? I wonder what you'll be saying when hundreds of millions of people living close to the equator have to start moving away towards the North and South. Just to survive.
@SuperCorrector1 Everything in excess becomes a harm. Same goes for CO2. Revise your basics first. He holds a degree in Natural Sciences.
I have seen this interviewer give good interviews. In this interview, I feel that he at times looked for controversy when it was more of a distraction. Asking him about Love Island for instance.
I too was a pessimist only a few years ago but with the enormous installations around the world of solar panels I'm starting to have some hope, more than 100 GW installed just this year, maybe 500 GW cumulative. A 10-fold increase in 8 years, if that keeps going for 8 more years then all the other power sources will only be used at night or in bad weather.
Do not be pessimistic about the environment. Everything has already been decided.
We are at stage 0.7 of stage 3.0 in human development. It is going to take another 2.3 million years to reach stage 3.0.
To reach stage 3.0, the Earth's optimum human population is 1 billion.
The United Nations Agenda 21 and Agenda 30 are plans for ecological rights to supercede human rights. The only question you should ask yourself is whether your genes will be exclusive enough, to pass down into future generations.
For a second there I thought you were talking about the Kardeshev scale... guess not :-)
@@keithlynch7239 Pretty unlikely though, since they're bringing on an 85% deletion.
Attenborough is a wise man. He embodies many of my ideals in humanity, an extraordinary person whom is wish to emulate in my life.
When trying to discuss reducing the human population of our planet people seem to jump to "murder". Why on Earth? Why not teach children that growing up and bearing children is serious - to think about NOT having children, instead of telling them that they NEED to bring more humans onto the planet!!!?? How simple an effort to teach sustainability. However at this point maybe offing a few billion humans might be the only viable solution.
Enter poverty, religion, anti-intellectualism, peer pressure, force of habit, in-group dominance aspirations, favored offspring sex...
Well, the U.N official solution is pretty murderous. Agenda 21 plans to cause an 81% reduction in human population within 20 years.
VЄ Macrinnon And when you're wrong?
I dont have much hope anymore.
Love David Attenborough!!!
Love you David sir
I like men on hills explaining things to me. It’s reassuring
@Hierophant
Sometimes both are full of hot gas.
Brilliant man
that was one ad I couldn't skip. I hadn't even begun the video, I'm watching the ad. That was a life changing ad. I keep calling it an ad because I don't wanna call it an ad. It is what it is. Now, back to the video.
God, I love him. He's truly a human ambassador, so intelligent and morally sound.
I remember when he was the most notorious climate change denier. Very pleased he has evolved. But if the government's take as long for their turn-around we're doomed.
everyone gets senile, just ask biden.
why can't we have someone like Sir David as prime minister?
What an embarrassingly bad interview of one of the great science presenters of our time. The questions were banal and largely besides the point. Terrible interviewer.
Michael Murray You think that guy asked random questions? Hahaha. He was given a list of questions. Don’t be foolish now, he’s just doing his job. There are few who would disrespect the great Sir David Attenborough.
I hear this on just about every single youtube video now that features an interview
the questions were a joke, yet the answers still provide great insight
I love Sir David's facial expression when asked about gender etc. - very Edward Fox.
The discussion should be about the policy needed to mitigate the impact of the inevitable warming. Climate refugees are going to migrate in ever larger numbers. The discussion about "plastic bags" is really an issue that is unimportant compared to food production or species extinctions.
''Do you watch Love Island" What a disrespectful thing to ask someone, let alone man of David's caliber.
David is Brilliant !!!
Not just a narrator, a world-treasure!
10:51 the moment Sir Attenborough is being asked about genders... He knows it's another stupid question.
Dave.
@Constantin S. Purcea How's that a stupid question? he gave a good answer to that.
His expression was priceless!
It's something that he's answered a million times and people seem to think he'll say something different every time lol
@sabredMk2
There are 2 sexes but gender is a social construct.
I want to ask David this question: If fossil fuel use is responsible for enabling human population to grow to where it is (which is true), then what will the world look like if we attempt to stop it?
stopping fossil fuel use is only one part. replacing fossil fuel use with clean alternative(s) will allow us to live a modern lifestyle without causing harm to the environment
that does not answer the question...even though your statement is true
How amazing are Sir David's responses ...and how drop dead gorgeous he is at 90 something...poor interviewee!
Honesty what a terrible interviewer. Shocking. I'm sorry David. We're not all like that . I for one owe you the world for what you have taught me. 🙏🏻 what a great man!
Why the interviewer insists on asking small questions about TV and PC?
This great man has much more deeper stuff to talk about.
There is hope!
I don't want to think about the day this precious man will no longer be with us
Governments need to bring in the 1 child policy. Or we’re doomed
yeah, that worked in China! LOL! Anybody that makes two babies gets fined? and if you don't pay, you go to a gulag! no thanks. ... just raise awareness. governments just make a mess of everything.
LMFAO the sharia won't allow and listen to that in europe
Eugenics .....the communists and the nazis would agree with you, do realise that ?
'Did you watch Love Island'? FFS! 🐝
Haha. Yeah, look at Sir David. Do you think he looks the type to watch reality t.v? I mean I could be wrong, but I don't know why a 90 year old man would watch Love Island. I can, however, picture Sir David with the radio on, sipping a glass of whisky and reading a book ha! The interviewer asked a silly question there.
his face at 10:52 hahaha
Pretty much all plastic can be made with hemp. Houses can be built with hempcrete. Hemp can replace cotton products. Why the hell is nobody talking about hemp? Henry Ford made a car body from hemp. If you don't know about hemp, please look at it on CZcams . Budah of Birmingham
The entertainment industry creates untold amounts of plastic memorabilia that is sold across a broad spectrum of industries around the globe, a reduction in this area alone would make a significate difference in this issue.
130 times is not a lot over a year if you go grocery shopping 2.5 times a week, so if a bag lasts you more than a year, which it most likely will, the argument is pretty moot
One word - fucked. Not even worrying about global warming/climate change, deforestation, mass extinction of native animals and plant life Pollution ect.. Ps David Attenborough you are a legend
pretty disappointing questions. you could have asked him anything, he has so much to offer.
never mind tho. thank you for everything sir, you really are an amazing human
Shocking interview
He is so intelligent.
We ignore at our peril the forces that brought us to this point in our evolution.
....these forces are?
I WISH I LOOKED THIS GOOD AT 93 YRS OLD GUD ON YOU SIR
you might if you have his privileged life
More then half seems of topic questioms by the commentator .
Salute Sir David Attenborough
Agree totally with Ghost Dog. Also, in addition, the government has to take some of the blame. If something new is introduced by the average person getting permission for it is almost nonexistent. Must go by current laws in direct opposition to an attempt to improve on the style of living that includes homes built to be off grid, etc. so how are we supposed to improve our use of power, etc. very frustrating.
Why are you asking David about Patriarchal societies? God damn BBC throw identity politics into everything
Bring back the 'Whole Earth Catalogue'
What a shocking interview. Terrible questions
Those pants though 😆
We need the leading figures in biology and climate science (For starters) and people very conversant in non linear dynamics be a part of this conversation. The layman (myself included!) makes vague statements which could be precisely expressed in formal languages which have already been developed - time to get serious about this. :)
Everyone ,apart from first watching Cowspiracy, everyone should download Dr Richard Oppenlander talk at the EU parliament in Brussels pre to the screening of the film Cowspiracy. His books Comfortably Unaware and Food Choices And Sustainability are really good and worth reading. But I just wish that Evan, you’d made it clearer about diet.
We have to something to stop something. Very perceptive of Sir David Attenborough.
Oh i very like sound david i want all time listen david
I'm sure Fritjof Capra would also be able to share his two cents..
Fans of circle talk unite!!