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David Attenborough Warns Of 'Collapse Of Civilizations' At U.N. Climate Meeting

The British naturalist spoke at an international climate conference being held in Poland. "Time is running out," he said.
Natural historian David Attenborough listens to speeches during the COP24 summit on climate change in Katowice, Poland, on Monday.

David Attenborough, the naturalist and broadcaster, sounded a dire warning in a speech Monday to the U.N. climate conference in Poland.

"Right now we are facing a man-made disaster of global scale, our greatest threat in thousands of years: Climate change," Attenborough said as the international climate conference got underway with talks on how countries will implement the 2015 Paris Agreement limiting carbon emissions.

"If we don't take action, the

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