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"the moment Of crisis has come", in the efforts to tackle Climate Change , Sir David Attenborough has warned.

After the famous naturalist and broadcaster, "we've been putting things off for year after year".

"As I speak, South-East Australia is On Fire . Why? Since the temperatures of the earth rise," he said.

Sir David's comments came to start in a Bbc News interview, a year of special coverage on the topic of Climate Change .

scientists say That Climate Change is one of the factors of fires behind the Australian, others are, how forests are managed and The Natural patterns in The Weather .

Sir David told me That it was suspect "palpable nonsense" for some politicians and commentators That the Australians were fires, nothing to do with The World getting warmer.

"We know," he said, That human activity is behind the warming of The Planet .

What Sir David does "the moment of crisis'?

It is highlighting the fact That , while the climate scientists are increasingly clear about the need for a quick response, the dynamics of the international negotiations, grindingly slow.

The recent talks in Madrid last month by the UN Secretary-General, The British government and others.

decisions, important issues and laid off have been to several countries, including Australia and Brazil have been accused of trying to obligations to avoid.

"We need to realize That this is said for games," Sir David.

"That 's not only a nice little discussion, And Then arguments come away with a compromise.

"This is an urgent problem That must be solved, and, what is more, we know How To do it - That 's the paradox of it is That we refuse to take steps we know will be taken away. "

What are the steps?

Back in the year 2018, the UN climate panel wrote, as The World a realistic chance of

He would have said That the emissions of the gases, the heating of The World - is to be halved from power plants and factories, vehicles, and Agriculture - almost by 2030.

Australia has been hit hard by the Bush fire

Instead, The Opposite happens.

The release of these gases is still falling is increasing instead of and press the gas, the carbon dioxide now in the atmosphere at a level far beyond anything experienced in human history.

As Sir David put it this way: "Every year That passes, makes these steps to achieve more and more difficult. "

Why is this important now?

This year is seen as an important opportunity to turn The Tide on Climate Change .

the UK hosting what is billed as a crucial UN summit, known as the COP26, in Glasgow in November.

ahead of That , the Assembly advised governments worldwide Under Pressure to tighten up your goals for the reduction of emissions.

That 's because your current commitments.

Provided That they are delivered as promised (and there is no guarantee That they will), it could be, however, That a rise in global Average temperature of More Than 3 C at the end of The Century compared to pre-industrial levels.

The last assessment of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), bare the dangers of That .

It indicates That an increase of something about 1. 5C would mean That coastal areas, floods, heat waves, and damage to the coral reefs would be strict.

And the latest figures show That The World has warmed by just over 1C.

What happens next?

As things stand, a further warming looks inevitable.

"We are already living in a changed world," says Professor Ed Hawkins of the University of Reading, a scientist, whose depictions of Global Warming have often went viral on Social Media .

He used bold-colored stripes to show how much each year the temperature is above or below Average - Different shades of red for hot and blue for colder.

The designs now adorn T-shirts, scarves, and even a tram in Germany.

At the moment, Prof Hawkins used dark red indicate the highest level of warming, but in regions such as The Arctic have seen That maximum level from year to year.

So, the extent of the change That he is on the lookout for new colors.

"I think about How To add dark purple or even black," he told me to convey, the future increase in temperature.

"people might think That Climate Change is distant, but we see so many examples around The World , such as Australia , new records and new extreme. "

What else is on the environmental agenda this year?

The Natural World , and whether we can stop damaging it.

While most of the political attention to Climate Change until 2020 is also considered to be potentially important for the containment of the damage of human activities on the ecosystems.

Sir David has a blunt explanation of why this is important: "actually, We are dependent on the Natural World for Every Breath of air we take and every bite of food we eat. "

the leaders of The World , are invited in the Chinese city of Kunming for

The northern white rhino (seen here) with only two animals, so That it is "functionally" extinct

warned That More Than a million species of animals, insects and plants That are in danger of extinction in the coming decades.

A recent study showed That the growth of cities, The Clearing of forests for Agriculture and the increasing demand for fish had changed significantly, almost three-quarters of the country and More Than two-thirds of the oceans.

One of The Scientists involved, Prof Andy Purvis of the Natural History Museum in London, says That by undermining the important habitats, "we chop our safety net, we are threshing environments on which we depend".

He points to the impact of everything from the use of Palm Oil in processed food and shampoo, to the pressure created by fast fashion.

And while the need for conservation is understood in many developed countries, Prof Purvis says, "we have exported, the damage to countries That are poor, to treat the environmental costs of what they're selling to us".

The collection in Kunming in October, a month before the UN climate summit in Glasgow, confirmed this year as crucial for Our Relations with The Planet .

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Source of news: bbc.com