London - Naturalist David Attenborough told British lawmakers on Tuesday it would be essential to stick to a new target to decarbonise the economy, warning that failure to tackle climate change could lead to massive social unrest.
“It’s a tough target. It's not an easy statement to have made, and it's going to cost money,” Attenborough told a hearing of parliament’s Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee. “It's actually a practical commitment, and I hope to goodness that we can achieve it and stick by it.” Attenborough had earlier told the hearing that he drew hope from an upsurge in environmental activism by a younger generation aware that they would bear the brunt of climate impacts as the crisis worsened in coming decades.
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