WATCH: 'The world is looking to you' – David Attenborough's powerful Cop26 speech 

'If, working apart, we are a force powerful enough to destabilise our planet, surely working together we are powerful enough to save it'

David Attenborough, 95, said that the story of climate change is one of inequality and instability. Picture: Yves Herman/PA Wire

David Attenborough delivered a powerful speech at the opening ceremony of the Cop26 climate summit, where he told leaders the “world is looking to you”.

The naturalist and broadcaster said that humanity is “already in trouble” from climate change due to “our burning of fossil fuels, our destruction of nature, our approach to industry, construction and learning, our releasing carbon into the atmosphere”.