David Attenborough: polluting planet may become as reviled as slavery
9 July 2019
The
attitude of young people towards tackling the environmental crisis is
“a source of great hope”, David Attenborough has told MPs, as he
predicted that polluting the planet would soon provoke as much
abhorrence as slavery.
Giving evidence to the business, energy
and industrial strategy committee on how to tackle the climate
emergency, the naturalist and TV presenter said radical action was
required.
Asked by the Tory MP Patrick McLoughlin, a committee
member, whether the government’s new commitment of net zero carbon
emissions for the UK by 2050 was rapid enough, Attenborough said such
targets were not necessarily the best approach.
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