Sir David Attenborough vows to convince Donald Trump that climate change is real

Naturalist Sir David Attenborough wants to come face to face with his most ­dangerous beast yet — as he tries to convince Donald Trump that ­climate change is real.

The president said global warming was a hoax in his 2016 election campaign but has since failed to take a clear stance.

Now, Sir David, 92, has said with us facing disaster, he would not shirk from confronting him.

Talking ahead of the release of his Netflix series Our Planet, he said: “It would be cowardly not to take up the challenge.

“I would certainly take it up and I would think carefully about what I said. There are so many bits of evidence.

“But I mean, what do you say to him in the face of what is visibly happening? It’s perfectly clear. There are none so blind as those who will not see.”

Sir David said there is hope for the planet but we need action.

He said: “We can put things right tomorrow if we had the will.

“The only way it’s going to be done is by getting the world thinking along the same lines.”

In October last year, Mr Trump accused climate change scientists of having a “political agenda” and cast doubt on whether humans were responsible for rising temperatures.

And asked in November about findings that global warming would hit the US economy, he said: “I don’t believe it.”

• Our Planet is on Netflix on April 5

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