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Media caption,Sir David Attenborough to COP26 delegates: “The world is looking to you”
British naturalist Sir David Attenborough has urged COP26 climate summit delegates to “turn tragedy into triumph” and tackle climate change.
In an impassioned speech which drew a standing ovation, he said the fate of future generations must give delegates the impetus “to rewrite our story”.
The 95-year-old warned that humanity was “already in trouble” because of rising carbon levels in the atmosphere.
More than 120 world leaders are in Glasgow for the two week summit.
The COP26 conference is seen as crucial to limit global temperature increases, and changes to the climate.
The world is now about 1.2C warmer than it was in the 19th Century – and extreme weather events like heatwaves, floods and forest fires are already becoming more intense.https://buy.tinypass.com/checkout/template/cacheableShow?aid=tYOkq7qlAI&templateId=OTBYI8Q89QWC&templateVariantId=OTV0YFYSXVQWV&offerId=fakeOfferId&experienceId=EXAWX60BX4NU&iframeId=offer_0e763acc7b457c03340a-0&displayMode=inline&widget=template&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com
The 2015 Paris climate conference called for average temperatures…
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