Lucy Tassell

So he kind of consistently puts himself on the line here to say what he believes in and what the science demands.

And that was the case in January 2020 during, of course, the notorious summer bushfires.

Yeah.

He told the BBC at the time, quote, as I speak, Southeast Australia is on fire.

Why?

Because the temperatures of the earth are increasing.

He specifically criticised the Morrison government of the time and its support for coal mines and, you know, the message that that was sending to the world about Australia's care and investment in its environment.

And he basically has called it palpable nonsense, to use Attenborough's words, for politicians and commentators to suggest that those fires had nothing to do with global warming.

So he's someone that's not afraid to platform the urgency of the crisis.

He's been frank and transparent that some of the damage is done and it may be too late to avoid impact.

He's taught a lot of the world how important the ocean is to climate stability, but he has this signature of hope.

There's always a message of hopefulness in his climate advocacy, you know, that we can affect change, that we can do something to reverse or slow these impacts.

And I think that's really important for audiences to walk away from his documentaries, feeling empowered and not hopeless.

Yeah.

Well, there are a full week of special broadcasts on the BBC and in England specifically there are special events at museums, there are nature walks, tree plantings in his name.

But the centrepiece event is this live production of

at the Royal Albert Hall in London tonight or early tomorrow morning for us here in Australia.

It's called David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth.

And it's going to feature people who have worked with, who have been inspired by Attenborough.

I'm sure a lot of celebrity guests.