Sir David Attenborough Defends Greta Thunberg And Praises Her Passion

Ever since Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg stepped on stage at the UN Climate Summit, the teenager has been mocked by many around the world.

She's been ridiculed for being too angry or being a puppet for a hidden person or organisation.

The 16-year-old has been called all names under the sun from conservative commentators, all aware that she is just a child just trying to stop the planet from dying.

But she's earned herself a friend in one of the most passionate people in her field: Sir David Attenborough.

The naturalist has been urging people to take better care of the Earth for years now and he certainly backs Greta's approach to getting her message out.

Speaking to Huffington Post, Sir Davey said: "Greta Thunberg is there because of her passion, her insight and her concern about the future. She's a political person, she's not a broadcasting person.

"Making programmes like this, I've been doing it for a long time, and I'm sure a hell of a lot of young people are saying, 'For God's sake, why doesn't he move over? Give another person a chance', but anyway there I am."

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Greta has been making waves around the world after her UN speech. She urged the leaders to do more than they're currently doing to cut emissions because at this rate it's still only going to have a 50 per cent chance of limiting the global temperature by 0.4 of a degree Celsius.

There was promise from a 66 countries to do more to stop the advances of climate change and 30 committed to become carbon neutral by 2050.

Sir David was asked about Greta as he was promoting his upcoming new show Seven Worlds, One World, which debuts this weekend.

The brand-new documentary series took four years to make and will finally hit our screens next Sunday, with each episode looking at a different continent.

Up first is the Antarctica, where 'only the toughest can survive' - viewers will be seeing bull elephant seals, penguins and whales - and witness the hardships they go through day-to-day.

A press release from the BBC reads: "The series will celebrate the diversity of life on each of these continents, but also feature the many challenges faced by animals in a modern world dominated by humanity.

"By telling unknown, unseen and unexpected wildlife stories, we will uncover the fundamental truth about what makes each one of our seven worlds unique."

The show is interwoven with a powerful message about conservation and saving the planet.

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Stewart Perrie

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