Obama Interviews Naturalist Sir David Attenborough on Nature and Climate Change

‘This is the only planet we’ve got and we’ve got to protect it’

Watch Obama Discuss Climate Change With Naturalist Sir David Attenborough (The Huffington Post)

President Barack Obama is a major fan of Sir David Attenborough, the celebrated British naturalist and TV host who has created and narrated numerous science and nature documentaries for the BBC.

According to The Guardian, Obama invited Attenborough to the White House in May to celebrate Attenborough's 89th birthday. While there, the two taped an interview, in which Obama turned the tables and interviewed Attenborough, telling him that he grew up watching Attenborough's programs.

"I’ve been a huge admirer of your work for a very long time," Obama told Attenborough. "You’ve been a great educator as well as a great naturalist.”

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