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SirDavidAttenboroughistoresentandnarrateanewlandmarkfilm,ClimateChange:TheFactsforBBCOne.Thedocumentarywillrovideanurgentlookatthescienceofclimatechangeandtheotentialsolutionstothisglobalthreat,combiningfootagethatrevealsthealreadydevastatingimactofclimatechangeonourlanetwithinterviewsfromsomeoftheworld’sleadingclimatescientists.Afteroneofthehottestyearsonrecord,climatologistsandmeteorologistsexlaintheeffectsofclimatechangeonboththehumanoulationandthenaturalworld.Scientists,includingDrJamesHansen,DrMichaelMannandProfessorCatherineMitchellwillforensicallyunackthesciencebehindtheextremeweatherconditionsofrecentyears,whichhaveseenunrecedentedstormsandcatastrohicwildfires;aswellasdetailinghowtheacceleratingrateatwhichtheworld’siceismeltingiscausingsealevelrises,andhowdeforestationisexacerbatingtheroblemofglobalwarmingbyaddingtoCO2intheatmoshere.Thefilmwilldeliveranunflinchingexlorationofwhatdangerouslevelsofclimatechangecouldmeanforhumanoulations,whatislikelytohaenifglobalwarmingexceeds1.5degreesandifmajorreductionsinCO2emissionsarenotmadeinthenextdecade.Thedocumentarylookstooatotentialsolutions,exloringtheinnovations,technologyandactionstheworld’sgovernmentsandindustriesaretakingtoreventfurtherwarmingandshowcasingindividualswhoarecreatingchangeatgrassrootslevels.Inthefilm,SirDavidAttenboroughsays:quot;Inthe20yearssinceIfirststartedtalkingabouttheimactofclimatechangeonourworld,conditionshavechangedfarfasterthanIeverimagined.Itmaysoundfrighteningbutthescientificevidenceisthatifwehavenottakendramaticactionwithinthenextdecadewecouldfaceirreversibledamagetothenaturalworldandthecollaseofoursocieties.We’rerunningoutoftimebutthere’sstillhoe…Ibelievethatifwebetterunderstandthethreatweface,themorelikelyitisthatwecanavoidsuchacatastrohicfuture.”