Attenborough Delivers 'Greatest Message He's Ever Told'
- Editor OGN Daily
- May 8
- 2 min read
Sir David Attenborough is launching what he says is one of the most important films of his career as he enters his hundredth year.
He believes his new, cinema-length film Ocean - which opens in cinemas around the world today - could play a decisive role in saving biodiversity and protecting the planet from climate change. Sir David, who turns 99 today, says: "After almost 100 years on the planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea."
The ocean is the planet's support system and humanity's greatest ally against climate catastrophe, the film argues. It shows how the world's oceans are at a crossroads.
Toby Nowlan, who produced Ocean, says this new production is not a typical Attenborough film. "This is not about seeing brand new natural history behaviours. It is the greatest message he's ever told," he says. That's quite a statement about a man who is still fighting to protect the natural world he has worked his lifetime to show to us in all its glory.
The film documents how the state of the world's oceans and our understanding of how they function have changed in the course of Sir David's lifetime. Sir David's key message in the film is that all is not lost. Countries have promised to protect a third of the world's oceans. He hopes his new film will spur leaders to take firm action on this promise at a UN conference next month. He believes that could be transformational.
"The ocean can bounce back to life," Sir David says. "If left alone it may not just recover but thrive beyond anything anyone alive has ever seen."
Take a look at this 90 second summary created by NatGeo...
