This man is a treasure. He just gave that speech without a teleprompter. And he never looked down at his notes and it was chock full of statistics, facts, metaphors, and examples. And he's 86 years old!
Amazing talk by Attenborough, and he challenges the biggest problem on this planet human overpopulation. But a simple answer, it needs restriction and it needs it now!
@McLEOD-MM19 And what do you find in Sir David's background that you don't like? If you think he is deluded I dread to think what you may think of Trump! David speaks sense and I admire him greatly despite whatever you drag up about him
@@eccentricoldcow Why support him. He is basically saying we are out growing our borders because of scientific brake through, then in the same sentence he blames religious people for coveting life. For having life a sacred. He wants science to intervene in nature to stabilise it. If science left it alone it would have regulated itself and controlled our population naturally, now science gets to regulate it. Do you think they will do a better job than god. And if so then who becomes god.
Thank you for a most profound discussion on a subject that seriously needs more exposure. Wonderful to hear Prince Philip so aware and involved and to have someone present this topic with the dignity and urgency that only Sir David can. He is going to have to hang in here until at least 150 to make sure we get into gear!} 🙏🏽🌈🌻🐋🌊
You are attributing too much credit to the power of religion. It certainly is not a 'major factor' in this most dooming issue but saying so certainly reflects on your opinion of religion which interests nobody genuine on the present topic.
Catholic Church is a pioneer in many things! When does the Church encourage over birth? They are against abortion for other reasons. Over populations exist mainly in Muslim, Hindu and Buddhism in general! You got to point your fingers at the problem not an excuse to the problem.
Sir David, expert advises from people like you - is not penetrating as much as it should - uniformly across the global communities. Yet you have the right conviction. Thank you for sharing!
What an absolutely pleasant experience to witness the Prince and the Knight joined-at-the-hip, as it were, on such a crucial issue! How well they compliment each other: Sir David's pragmatism and Prince Philip's wit and wisdom. These men could change how we think, if only we would let them.
David Attenborough is absolutely awesome (here and in general). What surprised and impressed me was the lucidity and awareness (and great sense of humour) of the Duke of Edinburgh.
It's amazing that Prince Philip is also knowledgeable about world issues and people level concerns. A colonial power turned humanist advocate. Bravo! From Hk.
The speech was done in 2011, the Philippines knew and recognizes its population problem for quite a time already, reproductive health bills were being filled as early as 1967 but it was only in 2012 that a bill was passed into law and with so much criticism from the Catholic church and various religious groups, it just so happen that the current president then was a staunch supporter of the bill that he actually worked on its passing. Up until now the Catholic and it's cohorts is fighting its implementation despite that majority of Filipinos are in favor of family planning.
David Listening to you is always very nice, & very logical, I was born in the late 1950s I am lucky to remember all the programms you put on TV, & Others like Survival Nature Documentary that started in 1961, I was glued to the wonderful Nature & Science programmes, thats the way I am, born at home, I am close to nature, parents same thinking as well, maybe I have a Celtic religion without knowing it, well I can say treat mother Earth with respect it Will look after YOU !
Fact: Universally our cultural response to hearing news that one of our beloved is expecting is greeted with congratulations. This is so deeply ingrained and with so little thought as to it's ramifications to our exponential spreading, other proposed unconventional responses are met with a blank, vacuous stare. Never underestimate the power of human stupidty. - R.A. Heinlen
Great and inspiring talk in shadow of blurred QA and lack of any (at least opinion based) conclusion. Economic theory must be courageously demystified.
Duke of Edinburgh rambles very well. I'd listen to him ramble anytime. Also, they both look really really good for their age. David is 84! I hope I look that good at his age.
RIP Prince Phillip. Let’s hope the world can respect his wishes and build peace, ecological balance and stability for both people, it’s animals and planet so as we can look towards the stars and say “here we come... together we come”.
I love the way he speaks pasiontely about our planets and different way how to solve the many problems we human manage to distroy more. Scary 😱😳 then ever so may God Bless his little ❤️ heart
good point. Compassion is the best basis for any policy dealing with human problems. Only the deprived could refuse medical or economic assistance to those in need. My hope is that along side the advancement of medicine, there is also a shift in our attachment to our own life: I know of many people of have refused medical assistance, prefering death to a longer life spent witnessing the suffering of others without being able to do a thing.
a very courageous speech ,,,, facing a very real imminent future .. there has to be some kind or self control , for without self control . we have the coming catastrophe as the leveler , the counter balance. better to be in balance now. if we see ourselves as 1 spieces.. not as competing individuals.. then there may be some new understanding. for in selfish pursuits , there will be fialure to support each other.
Now THAT'S what you call two very sensible short introductions to people "who need no introduction" ... instead of the usual convoluted, fawning, rambling blather by people who just like to stand and hear themselves talk.
It will be a monumental sad day when Sir David leaves this planet, and who will be the one to put his shoes on? Who will lead us in conservation and understanding of how to conduct ourselves to preserve the planet? I can't think of anyone
There are some comments below saying population growth isn't a problem. I assume they don't live in areas of the world where the don't have enough food or water and have never seen people starving.
Unfortunately - lack of education is a result of overpopulation. The masses are workers, more workers = more money for the riches. Increased population is good for capitalist economy, not good for schools, hospitals, road networks, resources and finally the natural world.
spaveevo , thats the strange part the ones that have overpopulated come from the countries that have all that , food shortages water shortages etc... and they defend their right to breed as many as they like !
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It serves us all right if we end up suffering for our selfish ignorant uncontrolled spawning. The most awful thing is that the animals and the earth will suffer most when its our entire fault.
My thinking exactly. We're supposed to be the most intelligent species on this planet, but we can't even agree that overpopulation or global warming are actual real issues? Forgive me for not having any faith in our future...
In the end the world wont suffer, we will cause our own mass extinction, when were gone life will rebound, only when we’re gone will life have a chance to rebound, it wont happen as long as we’re here, we have the most to lose here not nature.
@@Brekner over population is propaganda for the new world order. Only the cities make it seem over populated. Just think how far cities are between each other and how far and how much land you pass from city to city.
The planet needs a cleanse , one way or the other it is inevitable, it will happen , mankind’s life on this planet will be short lived compared to the life of the planet itself .
That's because he is addressing The RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) These people are the ones supposedly as a collective are trying to work out new methods of social change that benefit the planet, if they aren't even discussing overpopulation as a problem then no one is.
I really wish that they had routed the audience microphones to the stage so that the Duke or Sir D.A. could have answered some of the questions instead of randomly responding to a few made out words.
My parent's (RIP) hero: Sir David. I'm near 70 and I've watched the Natural World disappear. My folks brought me up working to save the amazing flora and fauna of this planet. I'm glad they aren't here to see things have only gotten worse. We can keep trying, we must keep trying - to save what is left of this blue globe's habitat and wonderous wildlife. Our words haven't been enough, our governments have failed, as BigOil continues to rape and pillage. What now?
With pupils attending a lesson on key issues and causes, while also teaching how to reserve energy, maybe learn ways to create homemade easily accessible renewable energy forces for themselves. Having at least 1 hour a week learning how to preserve the planet. Seriously it would become second nature for the youths of tomorrow to be environmentally aware, which in turn, children would come home and teach parents a thing or two,
Well you have to pay attention to the video for over an hour. I, for one, can't do that during the weekdays, i'd rather entertain myself with something brainless.
Prince Phillip is awesome in this video.Very funny. He seems like he was able to let his hair down. Probably because it's a subject he was passionate about. We can talk better when we feel comfortable.
people's natural selfishness makes them want to decide for themselfs about the amount of children they may have. This just isn't possible anymore. I cannot understand how people can be that selfish.. they do not think about the future they only think about themselfs.
I dunno but it's been a few thousands years and we've gotten nowhere. I think it's time to give up on the human race...just check the comments on overpopulation or global warming videos - about half or more of them claim that these are not problems. When so many people don't care, there's no reason to try and help them. I for one will enjoy every day that i have food, water, electricity and internet access, because there's no doubt that 30-50 years from now these will be hard to come by. If the majority wants to live in poverty, i say let them have 10 kids each, starve, fight over food and resources and maybe start a 3rd World War and end our suffering. We're just a doomed specie....
i really love David Attenborough i´ve seen him in many many documentaries and panels. But when he´s asked about the problems in the world or what worries him most etc. he always gives the same answer: overpopulation. I admire his tenacity and commitment on that topic but it´s by far not the worst problem we face. The biggest problem in the world is the unequal destribution of wealth. If we can solve this almost all others are solved including overpopulation. Which is a bad term in itself the earth can by many estimates support many more people at the moment than we currently have if only our resources would be distributed more equally.
there are certainly other issues, but I think it's alright if he harps on this one. Overpopulation can be addressed very easily compared to wealth inequality. Just educate people about contraception, and make contraception available. Often the poorest people have the most children because they can't afford contraception. You can easily devise a plan to make contraceptives available to poor communities, you can't *easily* devise a plan to make poor communities wealthy. It's a stop-gap solution to be sure, but having fewer children to support could make the wealth-distribution problem easier to solve, too.
Bill Nye always approaches the same issue from the point of women's education. Women with better access to education have fewer children, and have better opportunities to make money, as well. Education is probably the best solution, but distributing contraceptives is an important measure, too.
Go to India and you will see that over population is the biggest threat to wildlife. There they are mostly all poor son they are équal . No more rainforest no more wildlife. Go to Madagascar. ....No more trees. I live in Amazonia and we are burning up the rainforest for agro business, cattle, huge dams in Brasil for energie demand most of the beef and vegetables to feed North Africa Asia population. yes we are too many. Inequality is relevant to it and to the human nature.
I want to do something about this, create a campaign, and post it on social media and in the outside environment. It would be good to know the figures, where is it worst? Teenage pregnancies, rapes etc? Divorce is so common too and if you have kids, it's bad for their mental health if they're under 7 years old when the parents split. So there's quality of life for kids to think about too.
Re the causes of species extinction, it is not solely due to habit theft and planetary overpopulation and climate change. Poachers and traders also journey deep into unthreatened habitat purely for profit. This is a political and policing shortcoming.
Hello RSA, I'd like to translate this speech to Turkish for free. I think Turkish people should listen and learn from David Attenborough. Please contact me with subtitle file, thanks.
Does not seem like the many Kurds and few Armenians of Van , Diyarbakir , Sanhurfa , Agri , Mus and Batman listened to your translation of this idiot's rambling did they ? lol
the man who ask the question about micro financing is right, the same happens in Morocco, in the Atlas mountains where the production of Argan oil was taken by big companies and the results of it was making the life of the farmers there more harder then before those companies came in with lot of promises instead they suffer more, but Richard bransons's mum, god bless her soul, started this organisation where most of the farmers and the producers of argan oil started working for themselves and production of the oil got much bigger and life started getting much better for the farmers, sadly richard's mum died but her legacy lives on and it all green and sustianebal .
•*1 bn people go hungry, yet 70 bn livestock slaughtered a year globally. It seems food is more than plentiful in some places but not in other places. •"Climate change tops the environmental agenda...a rich person will produced vastly more [CO2] than a poor one..." and goes on to say the poor will suffer more than the rich from climate change. That's interesting and needs looking into: how the rich contribute to CO2 emissions and by how much. •The Duke seems to forget economic growth itself is unsustainable in terms of CO2 emissions. Plus we live in a global economy so that often places like India are and have been exploited by Western countries for their raw materials & wealth while their workers have been exploited, so have vastly contributed to the wealth of our own country at the expense of their own. •The Duke mentions not wanting more immigration into the UK. I agree that immigration is something we should all be able to talk about. However, we see what Boris Johnson's govt's Brexit & their immigration policy have done: to remove vital EU workers from the already struggling National Health Service, haulage, hospitality and farming industries, and to make more difficult for people enter and fill those roles the indigenous British population is unable or unwilling to do. Certainly many went back to their EU countries citing that they no longer felt welcome. Furthermore, perhaps if western countries like the UK stopped interfering or creating middle east conflicts then maybe the numbers of asylum seekers would not feel the need to flee their homes. He doesn't seem to understand how the dots connect and the part our country has and still plays colonially in poorer developing countries.
It's tiring to hear that people don't want government to tell them what to do BUT they are quick to hold government responsible for making sure people can eat and are protected. We can't have it both ways. There has to be reasonable balance.
my intuition tells me that an educated first world person consumes and polutes much more than an uneducated third world person. Am I right? How much more? and then, how do you educate people but prevent them from wanting to become a full size consumer/poluter?
I can't get my head around how solar power, and I know some house owners have solar panels fitted, which pays for their personal consumption plus, how investing in green energy cars, charged by solar power technology, and so on with green technology, how are these improvements on green living not an investment?! Community gardens, growing the seeds they can save, and trees that actually support wildlife, community, and improve air quality, whereby poorer people could benefit also, which must then encourage many more smaller less intensive farming as a ecological movement; how are these interests not an investment? And, how is this not creating more work and employment for the next generations?! Where no sale of greenbelt land to property developers means just that, no, to all councils included. Raised my eyebrows always to see ANY person co-creating three plus children. Are the government and energy companies going to support and encourage these investments? Probably not, because all they can see is short term gains as a means to keep the power they have over the general public, for their own short term gain, and so they are seen promoting resistance to change especially to business and working people. I can't understand why some people can't get their heads around that, when it seems so simple to so many others especially the majority of young people and older children who are our future and the future custodians and inheritors of the planet. Most young people see themselves now as part of the globe (i.e. personally connecting with people all around the world through the internet), not separate, despite borders, wars, and patriotism. WE NEED TO CHANGE AND CHANGE THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN FOR TOO LONG ALREADY. Thank you RSA, President of the RSA His Royal Heiness the Duke of Edinburgh, and Sir David Attenborough, for bringing this important discussion to all.
Yess, but first and foremost a global birthstop and a global birthregulation is needed and that is not the only remedy but also the most human solution ...
Japan are very logical culture, they love Nature & Forests, They take the attitude to lower the number of people, self regulate, I praise the way they look at life & especially nature :)
Ok sorry that was a bit of a stupid comment... Its just so exasperating when the answer to the world problems is so clear and yet nothing is being done about overpopulation fast enough to save us.
I didn't say simple, I said clear. I meant the cause of most of our current major problems is being caused by a huge human population, and that it is clear and obvious that it needs to be greatly reduced. Which would of course be no simple task in itself.
it seems that governments need bodies to sustain the welfare of others, in order to avoid an economic collapse. Once a standard of living is raised it needs to be sustained ... a cut may lead to war. Damned if you do... damned if you don't.
While I have always respected David Attenborough he seems to put the blame of the extinction of wildlife on the human population. While it is true to a point he seems to avoid the fact that the biggest polluters and threats to the environment are big business and corporations who are allowed to pollute the environment. It's alright to pollute if your a big business or corporation and putting wealth into the economy, that's fine. Normal citizens don't have the same rights to do so, why is big buiness and corporation not have the same concern? The average citizen tends to be more concerned about the environment then people making money out of taking land for exploitation and wealth
You absolutely missed the point,he is suggesting to educate people world wide about population growth,and it's consequences,so that the population it self is aware and able to control the growth,and that would applie to everyone,rich and poor,and unless this actually happens,and the numbers on growth are right,then so is he,eventually we will have wars over territory and oil,and taking into consideration technology these days,WW 1 and WW 2 would look pathetic in destructive capabilities.
The point on education and population control is common sense and reasonable. Nevertheless the actual problem that billions of human beings are currently suffering on earth is because of the unequal money system and sir attenborough wont or dont want to talk about. As Raj Patel said workers in India died of hunger as they loaded the grain onto the trains and they starved because the way that we distribute food is through the market, and those people were too poor to be able to afford that food.
I wonder how many in the audiance actually agreed with what he was saying. - Most of them seem to not understand starvation or being "skint". I wonder how many of them would use his advice or would they rather remove the lower classes. People who arnt helpful to the economy will be first to go not the ones with the Degree's or the high paid jobs... Why not? - Are us as human beings able to chose. one man did and every one fought against him Hitler. It may well happen again but will be accepted?
All I saw in their faces was resignation, hopelessness, self-satisfaction that they will be dead in a couple decades and not have to witness nor experience the blood in the streets. A grim future but the cynicism combined with pessimism that is written all over their faces speaks loud.
Modern forms of agriculture mean we can farm in ways never dreamed of when Malthus wrote his essays. We can now cultivate mountainsides, on top of the vast seas. Irrigate remote places, grow food without soil, grow food with artificial sunlight, re-soil deserts etc. Despite the growth in global populations we have more wasted food today than 50 years ago. Future technologies are sure to increase yields. Perhaps as Nigel Ecclesfield suggested (53:30) we should focus on the "Other Taboo" first?
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I could be wrong but I think that the duke of Edinbrugh in his closing remarks meant that another world war or large scale conflict a seemingly obvious solution to overpopulation would be wrong. I am not certain i quite share that view. Overpopulation is rarely discussed probably because people instinctively know that eventually there will be another major conflict if human history repeats itself which it has without fail. That is very pessimistic to hope for one earth issue to be solved by a catastrophy but there is merit to the idea. For a world war to have devastating effects on population reduction 1. It should involve the country with the most numerous population, we all know who that is : China 2. the enemy should have equal destructive force so that the conflict lasts and claims the greatest number of lives. 3. Weapons used should not be overly destructive as to destroy all type of lives. But no matter what, in the meantime talking about overpopulation is good. A conscience of the problem has to be spread. China really is the problem.
Simple Mathematics, People can be happily married without kids If they can't provide Shelter, Education, Healthcare, Assets, Savings, Generational Wealth.
Our advancement with technology has been a blessing and curse! I agree that the race to stay one or two steps ahead of the population explosion via technology will at some point be lost. Then hell will rule. BTW.. I was raised a Catholic, but am an independent objective thinker. Be "fruitful and multiple" may need a little editing. But I dare to say it seems we are the only species that engages in sex solely for pleasure. Why?
Excellent from both Sir David and the Duke. However, four years on, I see no evidence of political/societal will to make this a mainstream topic of mature consideration. Indeed, The Duke's grandson, when asked if he and Kate would have more children after their second born, could only respond fatalistically 'You never know'
Step back for a moment...Based on your comment, you believe he is an expert on the economy, and just blew it off for some personal advantage. Attenborough has never refrained from examining the world from his perspective and bringing it to the homes of hundreds of millions of people. The core premise of this lecture was to give context to the real and unarguable fact that this planet will not sustain itself at this rate of global population growth. So no, he is not living in a bubble.
Undoubtedly the single most important speech ever given
This man is a treasure. He just gave that speech without a teleprompter. And he never looked down at his notes and it was chock full of statistics, facts, metaphors, and examples. And he's 86 years old!
Now he is 95.
Amazing talk by Attenborough, and he challenges the biggest problem on this planet human overpopulation. But a simple answer, it needs restriction and it needs it now!
Un gran naturalista de nuestros tiempo, a quien admiro mucho, Sir David Attenborough.
The living legend. Respect ! Respect! Respect
@McLEOD-MM19 And what do you find in Sir David's background that you don't like? If you think he is deluded I dread to think what you may think of Trump! David speaks sense and I admire him greatly despite whatever you drag up about him
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Go forth and multiply
@@karlmcglue9946 Yeah but look what's happened cos of that statement
@@eccentricoldcow Why support him. He is basically saying we are out growing our borders because of scientific brake through, then in the same sentence he blames religious people for coveting life. For having life a sacred. He wants science to intervene in nature to stabilise it. If science left it alone it would have regulated itself and controlled our population naturally, now science gets to regulate it. Do you think they will do a better job than god. And if so then who becomes god.
Thank you for a most profound discussion on a subject that seriously needs more exposure. Wonderful to hear Prince Philip so aware and involved and to have someone present this topic with the dignity and urgency that only Sir David can. He is going to have to hang in here until at least 150 to make sure we get into gear!} 🙏🏽🌈🌻🐋🌊
David has access to people who need his story to turn the tide!
Well done, David for having the courage to identify the Catholic Church as a major factor in over-population.
You are attributing too much credit to the power of religion. It certainly is not a 'major factor' in this most dooming issue but saying so certainly reflects on your opinion of religion which interests nobody genuine on the present topic.
Ridiculous ,muslims out born catho 6 to 1
Catholic Church is a pioneer in many things! When does the Church encourage over birth? They are against abortion for other reasons. Over populations exist mainly in Muslim, Hindu and Buddhism in general! You got to point your fingers at the problem not an excuse to the problem.
It was ethnic cleansing - unfortunately, same is happening in Palestine now.
thank you sir David Attenborough for putting this 0:22:27 into words and all the rest as well.
Very enlightening and entertaining. I'm just thankful we have prominent people actually doing something about population.
Например его сокращают до 1 млд, два глобалиста вешают ,,лапшу на уши,,
I salute His Royal highness & naturalist Sir David
But 30 are against sir naturalist perhaps they may in the line of extremist Islam
Sir David, expert advises from people like you - is not penetrating as much as it should - uniformly across the global communities. Yet you have the right conviction. Thank you for sharing!
You got that right...we are quite possibly changing the Nature of 4.5 billion years of Nature,because of our collective short term greed.
Yes, I agree. Now we have to tell the YOUNG people all this too!!!
What an absolutely pleasant experience to witness the Prince and the Knight joined-at-the-hip, as it were, on such a crucial issue! How well they compliment each other: Sir David's pragmatism and Prince Philip's wit and wisdom. These men could change how we think, if only we would let them.
wow how lucky are we to have this man as a concerned citizen trying to guide us all to a better world. We should really take notice of his ad vice.
David Attenborough is absolutely awesome (here and in general). What surprised and impressed me was the lucidity and awareness (and great sense of humour) of the Duke of Edinburgh.
Well said Mr. Attenborough, how i m jealous of your wonderful voice, not to forget your enunciation
I love David Attenbrough he is my hero and makes me happy
If you don't want your children to suffer in 22 years, you should really listen to it and pay attention. Well done!
What a Man, Sir David! Make me proud of being of the same species of yours...
which he wants to control. why not be a flagship for his policies? where does that lead i wonder? you do the maths
@@ady9830 no your comment above...why?
It's amazing that Prince Philip is also knowledgeable about world issues and people level concerns. A colonial power turned humanist advocate. Bravo! From Hk.
david attenborough
as brilliant as ever
Sir David Attenborough, a great man!
The speech was done in 2011, the Philippines knew and recognizes its population problem for quite a time already, reproductive health bills were being filled as early as 1967 but it was only in 2012 that a bill was passed into law and with so much criticism from the Catholic church and various religious groups, it just so happen that the current president then was a staunch supporter of the bill that he actually worked on its passing. Up until now the Catholic and it's cohorts is fighting its implementation despite that majority of Filipinos are in favor of family planning.
David Listening to you is always very nice, & very logical, I was born in the late 1950s I am lucky to remember all the programms you put on TV, & Others like Survival Nature Documentary that started in 1961, I was glued to the wonderful Nature & Science programmes, thats the way I am, born at home, I am close to nature, parents same thinking as well, maybe I have a Celtic religion without knowing it, well I can say treat mother Earth with respect it Will look after YOU !
Fact: Universally our cultural response to hearing news that one of our beloved is expecting is greeted with congratulations. This is so deeply ingrained and with so little thought as to it's ramifications to our exponential spreading, other proposed unconventional responses are met with a blank, vacuous stare. Never underestimate the power of human stupidty. - R.A. Heinlen
Great and inspiring talk in shadow of blurred QA and lack of any (at least opinion based) conclusion.
Economic theory must be courageously demystified.
Duke of Edinburgh rambles very well. I'd listen to him ramble anytime. Also, they both look really really good for their age. David is 84! I hope I look that good at his age.
RIP Prince Phillip. Let’s hope the world can respect his wishes and build peace, ecological balance and stability for both people, it’s animals and planet so as we can look towards the stars and say “here we come... together we come”.
Brilliant stuff spread to communities in good manner. ......
Great speech! Always the best on environment!
wow what a talk without notes .... auto q ? I think not , a natural speaker with passion for his subject , fantastic Sir David !
2 auto que's on the glass HUD's right in front of him.
I love the way he speaks pasiontely about our planets and different way how to solve the many problems we human manage to distroy more. Scary 😱😳 then ever so may God Bless his little ❤️ heart
every word is true and enough to creat conciousness and strees
good point. Compassion is the best basis for any policy dealing with human problems. Only the deprived could refuse medical or economic assistance to those in need. My hope is that along side the advancement of medicine, there is also a shift in our attachment to our own life: I know of many people of have refused medical assistance, prefering death to a longer life spent witnessing the suffering of others without being able to do a thing.
a very courageous speech ,,,, facing a very real imminent future .. there has to be some kind or self control , for without self control . we have the coming catastrophe as the leveler , the counter balance. better to be in balance now.
if we see ourselves as 1 spieces.. not as competing individuals.. then there may be some new understanding. for in selfish pursuits , there will be fialure to support each other.
I share this constantly.
24:34 Wasn't expecting the slightest for Sir David Attenborough to cite about Kerala in this talk!
Now THAT'S what you call two very sensible short introductions to people "who need no introduction" ... instead of the usual convoluted, fawning, rambling blather by people who just like to stand and hear themselves talk.
Duke of Edinburgh rambles very well. I'd listen to him ramble anytime.
It's truly a shame that only 8500 people have watched this.
It will be a monumental sad day when Sir David leaves this planet, and who will be the one to put his shoes on? Who will lead us in conservation and understanding of how to conduct ourselves to preserve the planet? I can't think of anyone
There are some comments below saying population growth isn't a problem. I assume they don't live in areas of the world where the don't have enough food or water and have never seen people starving.
Or their brains might have been damaged by the myths and dogmas of neoclassical economics.
typical ill-informed factually devioid emotional repsonse
Unfortunately - lack of education is a result of overpopulation. The masses are workers, more workers = more money for the riches. Increased population is good for capitalist economy, not good for schools, hospitals, road networks, resources and finally the natural world.
spaveevo
I wanna see Dee apocalypse yo
spaveevo , thats the strange part the ones that have overpopulated come from the countries that have all that , food shortages water shortages etc... and they defend their right to breed as many as they like !
Sir David Attenborough is without doubt my favourite human on earth. It is an honour, indeed, to hear him speak.
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It serves us all right if we end up suffering for our selfish ignorant uncontrolled spawning. The most awful thing is that the animals and the earth will suffer most when its our entire fault.
My thinking exactly. We're supposed to be the most intelligent species on this planet, but we can't even agree that overpopulation or global warming are actual real issues? Forgive me for not having any faith in our future...
In the end the world wont suffer, we will cause our own mass extinction, when were gone life will rebound, only when we’re gone will life have a chance to rebound, it wont happen as long as we’re here, we have the most to lose here not nature.
@@Brekner over population is propaganda for the new world order. Only the cities make it seem over populated. Just think how far cities are between each other and how far and how much land you pass from city to city.
The planet needs a cleanse , one way or the other it is inevitable, it will happen , mankind’s life on this planet will be short lived compared to the life of the planet itself .
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That's because he is addressing The RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) These people are the ones supposedly as a collective are trying to work out new methods of social change that benefit the planet, if they aren't even discussing overpopulation as a problem then no one is.
One of a kind...
VERY WORTHWHILE.
I really wish that they had routed the audience microphones to the stage so that the Duke or Sir D.A. could have answered some of the questions instead of randomly responding to a few made out words.
My parent's (RIP) hero: Sir David. I'm near 70 and I've watched the Natural World disappear. My folks brought me up working to save the amazing flora and fauna of this planet. I'm glad they aren't here to see things have only gotten worse. We can keep trying, we must keep trying - to save what is left of this blue globe's habitat and wonderous wildlife. Our words haven't been enough, our governments have failed, as BigOil continues to rape and pillage. What now?
The Duke is funny as hell. Sir Attenborough made it obvious that he had little problem listening.
With pupils attending a lesson on key issues and causes, while also teaching how to reserve energy, maybe learn ways to create homemade easily accessible renewable energy forces for themselves. Having at least 1 hour a week learning how to preserve the planet. Seriously it would become second nature for the youths of tomorrow to be environmentally aware, which in turn, children would come home and teach parents a thing or two,
Why do such video's have so few views!!!! while other brainless entertaining video's get so many...
@@doodelay So kindly put.
Well you have to pay attention to the video for over an hour. I, for one, can't do that during the weekdays, i'd rather entertain myself with something brainless.
In the early 1800s in the UK, the average life expectancy was age 40, today it is 81.
Doubled in 200 years! That cannot be sustained.
Prince Phillip is awesome in this video.Very funny. He seems like he was able to let his hair down. Probably because it's a subject he was passionate about. We can talk better when we feel comfortable.
people's natural selfishness makes them want to decide for themselfs about the amount of children they may have. This just isn't possible anymore. I cannot understand how people can be that selfish.. they do not think about the future they only think about themselfs.
I dunno but it's been a few thousands years and we've gotten nowhere. I think it's time to give up on the human race...just check the comments on overpopulation or global warming videos - about half or more of them claim that these are not problems. When so many people don't care, there's no reason to try and help them. I for one will enjoy every day that i have food, water, electricity and internet access, because there's no doubt that 30-50 years from now these will be hard to come by. If the majority wants to live in poverty, i say let them have 10 kids each, starve, fight over food and resources and maybe start a 3rd World War and end our suffering. We're just a doomed specie....
This is absolutely amazing, truly great
i really love David Attenborough i´ve seen him in many many documentaries and panels. But when he´s asked about the problems in the world or what worries him most etc. he always gives the same answer: overpopulation.
I admire his tenacity and commitment on that topic but it´s by far not the worst problem we face. The biggest problem in the world is the unequal destribution of wealth. If we can solve this almost all others are solved including overpopulation.
Which is a bad term in itself the earth can by many estimates support many more people at the moment than we currently have if only our resources would be distributed more equally.
there are certainly other issues, but I think it's alright if he harps on this one. Overpopulation can be addressed very easily compared to wealth inequality. Just educate people about contraception, and make contraception available. Often the poorest people have the most children because they can't afford contraception. You can easily devise a plan to make contraceptives available to poor communities, you can't *easily* devise a plan to make poor communities wealthy. It's a stop-gap solution to be sure, but having fewer children to support could make the wealth-distribution problem easier to solve, too.
Bill Nye always approaches the same issue from the point of women's education. Women with better access to education have fewer children, and have better opportunities to make money, as well. Education is probably the best solution, but distributing contraceptives is an important measure, too.
Great point!!
Go to India and you will see that over population is the biggest threat to wildlife. There they are mostly all poor son they are équal . No more rainforest no more wildlife. Go to Madagascar. ....No more trees. I live in Amazonia and we are burning up the rainforest for agro business, cattle, huge dams in Brasil for energie demand most of the beef and vegetables to feed North Africa Asia population. yes we are too many. Inequality is relevant to it and to the human nature.
you say... "he always gives the same answer: overpopulation". But if his answer is valid why would he change it?
I want to do something about this, create a campaign, and post it on social media and in the outside environment. It would be good to know the figures, where is it worst? Teenage pregnancies, rapes etc? Divorce is so common too and if you have kids, it's bad for their mental health if they're under 7 years old when the parents split. So there's quality of life for kids to think about too.
Mind Fuel w w w. change.org/p/weltweite-geburtenregelungen-verbindlich-einf%C3%BChren-introduce-obligatory-worldwide-birth-controls
this may help ...
Join "Population Matters"
Re the causes of species extinction, it is not solely due to habit theft and planetary overpopulation and climate change. Poachers and traders also journey deep into unthreatened habitat purely for profit. This is a political and policing shortcoming.
Hello RSA, I'd like to translate this speech to Turkish for free. I think Turkish people should listen and learn from David Attenborough. Please contact me with subtitle file, thanks.
Does not seem like the many Kurds and few Armenians of Van , Diyarbakir , Sanhurfa , Agri , Mus and Batman listened to your translation of this idiot's rambling did they ? lol
we should send this video to all governments
with every advancement in technology must come additional wisdom and understanding, or the effects will be detrimental at some point
I think you missed the point he was making, he was talking about worldwide birth control that would apply to everyone ...not killing people.
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the man who ask the question about micro financing is right, the same happens in Morocco, in the Atlas mountains where the production of Argan oil was taken by big companies and the results of it was making the life of the farmers there more harder then before those companies came in with lot of promises instead they suffer more, but Richard bransons's mum, god bless her soul, started this organisation where most of the farmers and the producers of argan oil started working for themselves and production of the oil got much bigger and life started getting much better for the farmers, sadly richard's mum died but her legacy lives on and it all green and sustianebal .
•*1 bn people go hungry, yet 70 bn livestock slaughtered a year globally. It seems food is more than plentiful in some places but not in other places.
•"Climate change tops the environmental agenda...a rich person will produced vastly more [CO2] than a poor one..." and goes on to say the poor will suffer more than the rich from climate change. That's interesting and needs looking into: how the rich contribute to CO2 emissions and by how much.
•The Duke seems to forget economic growth itself is unsustainable in terms of CO2 emissions. Plus we live in a global economy so that often places like India are and have been exploited by Western countries for their raw materials & wealth while their workers have been exploited, so have vastly contributed to the wealth of our own country at the expense of their own.
•The Duke mentions not wanting more immigration into the UK. I agree that immigration is something we should all be able to talk about. However, we see what Boris Johnson's govt's Brexit & their immigration policy have done: to remove vital EU workers from the already struggling National Health Service, haulage, hospitality and farming industries, and to make more difficult for people enter and fill those roles the indigenous British population is unable or unwilling to do. Certainly many went back to their EU countries citing that they no longer felt welcome. Furthermore, perhaps if western countries like the UK stopped interfering or creating middle east conflicts then maybe the numbers of asylum seekers would not feel the need to flee their homes. He doesn't seem to understand how the dots connect and the part our country has and still plays colonially in poorer developing countries.
Technology failed with Sir David hearing the questions so they can be answered to point & fully.
Absolutely brilliant. Love the man and so funny ❤❤❤
he's the boss. look at the frequency he's on..
It's tiring to hear that people don't want government to tell them what to do BUT they are quick to hold government responsible for making sure people can eat and are protected.
We can't have it both ways. There has to be reasonable balance.
BATs Rule!
the earth needs 'em.
your comment aged well :D
my intuition tells me that an educated first world person consumes and polutes much more than an uneducated third world person. Am I right? How much more?
and then, how do you educate people but prevent them from wanting to become a full size consumer/poluter?
One child per couple/person, then the snip, this should be a global law for 50 years.
China tried that, it was a terrible failure. Education and women's rights are key, as these gentlemen state.
I can't get my head around how solar power, and I know some house owners have solar panels fitted, which pays for their personal consumption plus, how investing in green energy cars, charged by solar power technology, and so on with green technology, how are these improvements on green living not an investment?! Community gardens, growing the seeds they can save, and trees that actually support wildlife, community, and improve air quality, whereby poorer people could benefit also, which must then encourage many more smaller less intensive farming as a ecological movement; how are these interests not an investment? And, how is this not creating more work and employment for the next generations?! Where no sale of greenbelt land to property developers means just that, no, to all councils included. Raised my eyebrows always to see ANY person co-creating three plus children. Are the government and energy companies going to support and encourage these investments? Probably not, because all they can see is short term gains as a means to keep the power they have over the general public, for their own short term gain, and so they are seen promoting resistance to change especially to business and working people. I can't understand why some people can't get their heads around that, when it seems so simple to so many others especially the majority of young people and older children who are our future and the future custodians and inheritors of the planet. Most young people see themselves now as part of the globe (i.e. personally connecting with people all around the world through the internet), not separate, despite borders, wars, and patriotism. WE NEED TO CHANGE AND CHANGE THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN FOR TOO LONG ALREADY.
Thank you RSA, President of the RSA His Royal Heiness the Duke of Edinburgh, and Sir David Attenborough, for bringing this important discussion to all.
I think that it would be much more effedtive if they were talking about us killing ourselves rather than the planet.
Resource Based Economy, for a better future.
Yess, but first and foremost a global birthstop and a global birthregulation is needed and that is not the only remedy but also the most human solution ...
Japan are very logical culture, they love Nature & Forests, They take the attitude to lower the number of people, self regulate, I praise the way they look at life & especially nature :)
normally i dont watch these videos only the animation ones but i saw it had david attenbrough in...
Who will take up and continue his work when he retires...
Ok sorry that was a bit of a stupid comment... Its just so exasperating when the answer to the world problems is so clear and yet nothing is being done about overpopulation fast enough to save us.
What is this supposedly simple answer?
I didn't say simple, I said clear. I meant the cause of most of our current major problems is being caused by a huge human population, and that it is clear and obvious that it needs to be greatly reduced. Which would of course be no simple task in itself.
it seems that governments need bodies to sustain the welfare of others, in order to avoid an economic collapse. Once a standard of living is raised it needs to be sustained ... a cut may lead to war. Damned if you do... damned if you don't.
The majority doesn't acknowledge it as a problem. Wait until it's too late and then they will take notice.
While I have always respected David Attenborough he seems to put the blame of the extinction of wildlife on the human population. While it is true to a point he seems to avoid the fact that the biggest polluters and threats to the environment are big business and corporations who are allowed to pollute the environment. It's alright to pollute if your a big business or corporation and putting wealth into the economy, that's fine. Normal citizens don't have the same rights to do so, why is big buiness and corporation not have the same concern? The average citizen tends to be more concerned about the environment then people making money out of taking land for exploitation and wealth
Welcome to capitalism; nice, ain’t it? Maximize profits & finally I’m a fifty’s something excessive aged for all this mumbo jumbo . . Adios
David's tendency to move around whenever he talks always makes me laugh
You absolutely missed the point,he is suggesting to educate people world wide about population growth,and it's consequences,so that the population it self is aware and able to control the growth,and that would applie to everyone,rich and poor,and unless this actually happens,and the numbers on growth are right,then so is he,eventually we will have wars over territory and oil,and taking into consideration technology these days,WW 1 and WW 2 would look pathetic in destructive capabilities.
The point on education and population control is common sense and reasonable.
Nevertheless the actual problem that billions of human beings are currently suffering on earth is because of the unequal money system and sir attenborough wont or dont want to talk about. As Raj Patel said workers in India died of hunger as they loaded the grain onto the trains and they starved because the way that we distribute food is through the market, and those people were too poor to be able to afford that food.
What I see in this video concerns me. May 9, 2021. It has nothing to do with the subject.
How many children in the Royal family?
I wonder how many in the audiance actually agreed with what he was saying. - Most of them seem to not understand starvation or being "skint". I wonder how many of them would use his advice or would they rather remove the lower classes. People who arnt helpful to the economy will be first to go not the ones with the Degree's or the high paid jobs... Why not? - Are us as human beings able to chose. one man did and every one fought against him Hitler. It may well happen again but will be accepted?
All I saw in their faces was resignation, hopelessness, self-satisfaction that they will be dead in a couple decades and not have to witness nor experience the blood in the streets. A grim future but the cynicism combined with pessimism that is written all over their faces speaks loud.
Modern forms of agriculture mean we can farm in ways never dreamed of when Malthus wrote his essays. We can now cultivate mountainsides, on top of the vast seas. Irrigate remote places, grow food without soil, grow food with artificial sunlight, re-soil deserts etc. Despite the growth in global populations we have more wasted food today than 50 years ago. Future technologies are sure to increase yields. Perhaps as Nigel Ecclesfield suggested (53:30) we should focus on the "Other Taboo" first?
"Money/market" is ROOT of problems, how do we:
1. stop corruption caused by profit motive?
2. ensure everyone has minimum necessities?
ANSWER
1. FREELY Share ALL resources & knowledge worldwide, NO more money/property
2. Use LATEST technology to create an ABUNDANCE of all our needs, NO more waste/theft
3. Automate/localize ALL production and distribution, NO more central control/wage slavery
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Q & A starts at 36:49
I could be wrong but I think that the duke of Edinbrugh in his closing remarks meant that another world war or large scale conflict a seemingly obvious solution to overpopulation would be wrong. I am not certain i quite share that view. Overpopulation is rarely discussed probably because people instinctively know that eventually there will be another major conflict if human history repeats itself which it has without fail. That is very pessimistic to hope for one earth issue to be solved by a catastrophy but there is merit to the idea. For a world war to have devastating effects on population reduction 1. It should involve the country with the most numerous population, we all know who that is : China 2. the enemy should have equal destructive force so that the conflict lasts and claims the greatest number of lives. 3. Weapons used should not be overly destructive as to destroy all type of lives. But no matter what, in the meantime talking about overpopulation is good. A conscience of the problem has to be spread. China really is the problem.
His royal throne
Simple Mathematics, People can be happily married without kids If they can't provide Shelter, Education, Healthcare, Assets, Savings, Generational Wealth.
Our advancement with technology has been a blessing and curse! I agree that the race to stay one or two steps ahead of the population explosion via technology will at some point be lost. Then hell will rule. BTW.. I was raised a Catholic, but am an independent objective thinker. Be "fruitful and multiple" may need a little editing. But I dare to say it seems we are the only species that engages in sex solely for pleasure. Why?
Excellent from both Sir David and the Duke. However, four years on, I see no evidence of political/societal will to make this a mainstream topic of mature consideration. Indeed, The Duke's grandson, when asked if he and Kate would have more children after their second born, could only respond fatalistically 'You never know'
Step back for a moment...Based on your comment, you believe he is an expert on the economy, and just blew it off for some personal advantage.
Attenborough has never refrained from examining the world from his perspective and bringing it to the homes of hundreds of millions of people.
The core premise of this lecture was to give context to the real and unarguable fact that this planet will not sustain itself at this rate of global population growth.
So no, he is not living in a bubble.
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