David Attenborough’s Cop 26 speech had no impact, says Chris Packham

Springwatch host claims politicians ignored veteran conservationist’s message on the climate crisis – and ‘failed humanity wholesale’

Broadcaster and conservationist Chris Packham has claimed that David Attenborough’s Cop 26 speech had no impact. The Planet Earth creator was lauded for his 2021 address at the Glasgow climate summit, in which he urged an audience including US President Joe Biden to commit to holding global temperature rises to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

However, Packham claims that politicians’ total failure to take the broadcaster’s words on board meant they had no impact.