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Veteran British broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough will warn leaders at the G7 summit on Sunday that the decisions made by the world’s richest countries this decade are “the most important in human history”.
Attenborough will address world leaders by video on the final day of the summit urging them to take action on climate change to avert environmental catastrophe.
Climate change is the main focus on the final day of talks in Cornwall in southwest England, and the group is expected to announce new funding plans to help poor countries reduce carbon emissions.
All G7 nations have pledged to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, but many environmentalists fear the timeline is too late.
In remarks issued before his address to the leaders, Attenborough said it was “undoubtedly” that the climate was warming and that “our societies are unequal nations.”
“The natural world today is greatly diminished. This is undeniable,” said the 95-year-old Attenborough, according to Sky News.
“Our climate is warming rapidly. There is no doubt. Our societies and nations are unequal and this is unfortunately clear. But the question that science forces us to address specifically in 2021 is whether as a result of these intertwined facts we are on the verge of destabilizing the entire planet?”
“If so, the decisions we make this decade – particularly decisions made by the most economically advanced nations – are the most important in human history.”
Attenborough, who is best known for documentaries such as Planet Earth and Africa, is addressing world leaders after he was recently appointed a “People Advocate” for the Global Climate Summit to be held later this year.
Britain hosts the UN’s COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, in November.
Meanwhile, hundreds of environmental protesters descended on Cornwall to draw the attention of world leaders on Saturday.
Some activists from Oxfam gathered on Falmouth Beach to protest climate change, wearing masks depicting the leaders who attended the summit.
Max Lawson, Oxfam’s head of policy, told The Associated Press that activists want G7 nations – the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan – to commit to deeper cuts in carbon emissions and financing to help the poor. Countries are adapting to the effects of climate change.
British broadcaster and conservationist David Attenborough speaks during an event to launch the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26, in central London on February 4, 2020. Chris J. Ratcliffe/Paul/AFP via Getty Images
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