I'm no longer sceptical. I no longer have any doubt at all. I think climate change is the major challenge facing the world.
David AttenboroughIn the West, that's what's happening. The birth rate has been dropping steadily and still is. But there is still a vast amount of the world where that's not the case. And that is where the big population growth is taking place.
David AttenboroughThe reverse side of the coin in having this extraordinary ability to go anywhere, is that no one anywhere is remote any more.
David AttenboroughInstead of controlling the environment for the benefit of the population, perhaps we should control the population to ensure the survival of our environment
David AttenboroughThey always mean beautiful things like hummingbirds. I always reply by saying that I think of a little child in east Africa with a worm burrowing through his eyeball. The worm cannot live in any other way, except by burrowing through eyeballs. I find that hard to reconcile with the notion of a divine and benevolent creator.
David Attenborough