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Extinction: The Facts

At this moment, we do havethe Paris Agreement that says all governmentsshould try and...

At this moment, we do have
the Paris Agreement that says all governments
should try and limit climate change to no more than two degrees Celsius

Full Transcript

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At this moment, we do have the Paris Agreement
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that says all governments should try and limit climate change
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to no more than two degrees Celsius.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:56
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
BBC Studios

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Movie Summary

With a million species at risk of extinction, Sir David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all, threatening food and water security, undermining our ability to control our climate and even putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases.
All of the calculations show we're on track - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
All of the calculations show we're on track
And the more the Earth warms, the worse the problem is. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
And the more the Earth warms, the worse the problem is.
There are lots of ways that climate change will impact on species - - Extinction: The Facts 00:13
There are lots of ways that climate change will impact on sp...
Increasing temperatures mean some species are unable to survive - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
Increasing temperatures mean some species are unable to surv...
They're forced to move higher and higher where it's cooler, - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
They're forced to move higher and higher where it'...
It's been called the escalator to extinction, - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
It's been called the escalator to extinction,
In the Australian Wet Tropics, - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
In the Australian Wet Tropics,
About 50% of the endemic species that live in these mountaintops - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
About 50% of the endemic species that live in these mountain...
Scientists predict that in the future, - Extinction: The Facts 00:11
Scientists predict that in the future,
But right now, the single biggest driver of biodiversity loss - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
But right now, the single biggest driver of biodiversity los...
Many people imagine there's this untouched wilderness - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
Many people imagine there's this untouched wilderness
But the reality is there's really not a lot of wild left out there. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
But the reality is there's really not a lot of wild lef...
We've already lost nearly 90% of the wetlands around the world. - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
We've already lost nearly 90% of the wetlands around th...
We've transformed the forests and grasslands, - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
We've transformed the forests and grasslands,
Three quarters of the terrestrial surface has been changed, - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
Three quarters of the terrestrial surface has been changed,
The critical thing is that there is now enough land that's already - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
The critical thing is that there is now enough land that...
But new land is still being cleared - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
But new land is still being cleared
It's estimated that every year - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
It's estimated that every year
A lot of that clearance is driven by demand - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
A lot of that clearance is driven by demand
We want cheap food and we want to have choice - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
We want cheap food and we want to have choice