Just a couple of days ago, Sir David Attenborough made an address via video to the United Nations Security Council. It is a message that is just as poignant and thought-provoking as all of the other communications that he has made recently, including his brief series of appearances on Instagram and the amazing film A Life on Our Planet. Attenborough starts out by explaining that climate change is, as well as many other things, actually a real global security threat. "May I plead that today there are threats to security of a new and unprecedented kind. These threats do not divide us, they are threats that should unite us." What follows is stark and realist, it lays out in bleak terms some of the issues the world faces in the very near term future, due to climate change. It's also a speech filled with hope. Despite warnings that cities and societies will break down and that it is already too late to avoid climate change, Sir David does believe that "we can reach a new stable state." and that there is still time to act and make real change. Personally, I don't think I've ever disagree with anything that I've heard Attenborough say, and as always this message is beautifully and clearly delivered, and almost impossible not to pay attention to. I can only hope that the world leaders it is directed at will hear it the same way I do and take action.

Sir David Attenborough's address to the UN Security Council

Skylar

❤️ 💚 David Attenborough

I feel like he is one of the best and nicest people alive on this world. He also actually knows what he is talking about and has seen the effect of the climate change in person.

Some of what he says in this is really scary but there is solutions and hope as well.

John

Skylar Agree, he's one of my favourite people in the world.

Egle-K

Skylar ❤️ 💚 David Attenborough

💚 ❤️ 💚

Is he ok, what happened to his eye?

Julie Brooks-Girskiene

I am not sure if I should be embarrassed or proud that I actually had tears in my eyes watching this.

Aiga

🥰 😍 It will be so sad when he leaves us.

Arvīds

He is right on every point I think. It's a scary future that he gives but I think it is the real one as it looks now.

Piri

Egle-K well he is over 90... A brilliant mind! He is an encouraging personality and so good at speaking in a way that even children can get he point, this is so important.

Skylar

Piri If my biggest problem is a bit of a closed eyes when I'm that old I will be happy 🙂

Mirmar

I saw a lot of very horrible comments about him and this speech in other places. Some people really do not like the ideas of making changes to their lives or giving up anything at all.

To me, everything he says in this video is very true.

Piri

@Mirmar

Mirmar very horrible comments about him

Some months ago I read super bad comments about Greta Thunberg and it was just so irrelevant. Despite age, gender or other possible reasons there are people that inspire like individuals and dedicate their lives in a certain purpose. At least the respect could be even people disagree with ideas or the way of act.

Julie Brooks-Girskiene

Mirmar I saw a lot of very horrible comments about him and this speech in other places.

I saw the same on YouTube, some things that were really truly horrible.

My rule is that if you wouldn't say it in person then you also shouldn't say it online, where you hide with virtual anonymity. Of course some people are really that shitty in reality as well, and maybe it's better to know what they really think than to let it lie buried inside them.

So Veli

Love him. Sometimes we all should STFU and listen to older people who have actually seen it all.

Egle-K

So Veli We should make a fan club, we could have badges 📛 and t-shirts 👕

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