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Extinction: The Facts

We can't simply depend upon peopleof goodwill and institutions of goodwillto do what is...

We can't simply depend upon people
of goodwill and institutions of goodwill
to do what is needed to be done

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We can't simply depend upon people of goodwill
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and institutions of goodwill to do what is needed to be done.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:40
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
BBC Studios

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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.
If governments imposed legislation - Extinction: The Facts 00:13
If governments imposed legislation
Lots of people don't like government regulation, - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
Lots of people don't like government regulation,
Back in the 1980s, scientists figured out chemicals used - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
Back in the 1980s, scientists figured out chemicals used
About a million tonnes of CFCs are produced every year. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
About a million tonnes of CFCs are produced every year.
The nations of the world got together - Extinction: The Facts 00:13
The nations of the world got together
So we shouldn't be demoralised, - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
So we shouldn't be demoralised,
It's a question of finding the political will to do it. - Extinction: The Facts 00:04
It's a question of finding the political will to do it.
We shape the future of the planet - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
We shape the future of the planet
And indeed, in the months now, as we come out of the Covid crisis. - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
And indeed, in the months now, as we come out of the Covid c...
For those of us who care about the future of our planet, - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
For those of us who care about the future of our planet,
40 years ago, people consumed a good deal less in the United Kingdom, - Extinction: The Facts 00:13
40 years ago, people consumed a good deal less in the United...
We can be more diligent about thinking about - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
We can be more diligent about thinking about
It's really digging down, saying, what's going on here? - Extinction: The Facts 00:04
It's really digging down, saying, what's going on ...
That's not to say that none of us should ever eat meat - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
That's not to say that none of us should ever eat meat
But we have to demand that they are produced sustainably. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
But we have to demand that they are produced sustainably.
Increasingly, I feel it's not - Extinction: The Facts 00:12
Increasingly, I feel it's not
There's a wave of revolution going around, - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
There's a wave of revolution going around,
We are waking up, we are realising that the planet - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
We are waking up, we are realising that the planet
If we don't act now, the youth of today and the youth of tomorrow - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
If we don't act now, the youth of today and the youth o...
"What were you thinking?!" - Extinction: The Facts 00:18
"What were you thinking?!"