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In Other Words: Global Climate Change/Disruption

I feel like this is the first time that David Attenborough has explicitly lent his voice to this topic. Although David Attenborough's approach has been much gentler sprinkling in a sentence or two alluding to the impact of humans on the world in other nature documentaries such as Blue Planet 1+2, Planet Earth 1+2 and the latest One Planet (available on Netflix currently), he is unequivocal in this documentary. His message is clear: 1.) Global climate change is real. 2.) It is caused by burning of fossil fuels in all aspects of our lives which produces carbon dioxide. 3.) Global climate change does not just impact remote areas. Poor countries will be disproportionally affected, all countries will feel the effects. 4.) The effects are happening NOW as shown through the disappearance of coastal areas in Louisiana, resulting actions by the federal government to relocate communities specifically listing climate change as the reason. 5.) Human-induced climate change will affect the