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Rebecca Speare-Cole

Sir David Attenborough set to appear before MPs to face questions on climate change

Sir David Attenborough is set to appear before MPs to face questions about climate change.

The naturalist, 93, will give evidence to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee on Tuesday.

Sir David is expected to be asked about a range of climate issues and the country's ambition to have net-zero emissions by 2050.

It comes after his surprise festival appearance on Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage to introduce a trailer for the BBC's new series Seven Worlds, One Planet.

Sir David Attenborough making a surprise appearance on Glastonbury's Pyramid stage to launch the BBC's new natural history series Seven Worlds, One Planet. (PA)

The veteran broadcaster will also be questioned about his views on public engagement and public perceptions of climate change.

He will also discuss the ecological impact of global warming, and the benefits and costs of the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Fans react as David Attenborough makes surprise Glastonbury appearance

Sir David's views on climate change are well known.

In April, he warned of a "man-made disaster on a global scale" and a "devastating future" if action is not taken in the BBC documentary Climate Change: The Facts.

Sir David Attenborough in Iceland ahead of BBC's new natural history series Seven Worlds, One Planet. (PA)

He said: "Right now, we are facing our greatest threat in thousands of years. Climate change.

"Scientists across the globe are in no doubt that at the current rate of warming we risk a devastating future.

"The science is now clear that urgent action is needed."

Earlier this year he called on the international community to come up with a climate change plan at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Speaking alongside the Duke of Cambridge, he warned that humanity needed to act so that it did not "annihilate part of the natural world".

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