He pulled his punches
David Attenborough's special TV programme on the impact of climate change on Britain was deeply disappointing.
The first 50 minutes of Sir David Attenborough's prime-time 60-minute special floated us gently through the soft problems of minimal global warming, assuming no feedback amplifiers or wild cards like collapsing ice sheets. Our Victorian drains will be a little hard pressed not to flood with a bit more winter rain, so build new sewers. Britain's southern counties will have a bit more drought, so build a big reservoir. Crop regimes are changing, so grow olives. Well into the programme, Sir David observed that if we fail to control our burning of fossil fuels by 2050, "the British countryside will be a very different place." Really?
