Should we listen to David Attenborough’s climate change warning?

‘Civilisation faces collapse, Attenborough warns UN.’ That was the Times headline on Tuesday about the great broadcaster’s speech at the latest climate change conference in Poland. In theory, Sir David is always worth hearing. Nevertheless, his solemn warning was made less effective by the decision to print it at the bottom of page 17. I cannot help feeling that this adverse news judgment was entirely correct.

This is an extract from Charles Moore’s Spectator Notes, which appears in this week’s magazine, out tomorrow