By Lucy Cotter, Arts and Entertainment Correspondent
Governments around the world are not doing enough to tackle the environmental dangers that threaten us, Sir David Attenborough has told Sky News.
The broadcaster and naturalist said those who wield power and authority are in denial about issues like climate change, despite overwhelming evidence of the scale of the problem.
He said: "Wherever you look there are huge risks. The awful thing is that people in authority and power deny that, when the evidence is overwhelming and they deny it because it's easier to deny it - much easier to deny it's a problem and say we don't care.
"(In terms of climate change) we won't do enough and no-one can do enough because it's a very major serious problem facing humanity but at the same time it would be silly to minimise the size of the problem.
"Never in the history of humanity in the last 10 million years have all human beings got together to face one danger that threatens us - never.
"It's a big ask but the penalty of not taking notice is huge."
The broadcaster's new Sky 3D show Conquest Of The Skies tells the story of nature's greatest airborne creatures, from the very first insects to the current kings of the sky.
He said the biggest challenge during filming had been some of the conditions he worked in, particularly when he was hanging 300ft in the air in a cave in Borneo surrounded by a million bats.
He said "For the final sequence we're in a huge cave which is knee deep in bat droppings and cockroaches and you've got a million bats up there and it's not a great place to work - the stink is awful."
Asked if he still thought he had the best job in the world, Sir David said: "Think it, I know it, I mean - what a privilege, how are you so lucky, you can't see my toes but they're all crossed!"
He also paid tribute to his brother Richard Attenborough, who died in 2014, saying he hoped he'll be remembered for his incredible body of work.
He said: "As a director of films that really meant something. The films he made about Gandhi and Cry Freedom - he believed in those causes very profoundly.
"And the rest of it he may have said was fun and he was very good at fun, but he was also a serious man and he really believed the cinema really should examine the important issues that face humanity."
:: David Attenborough's Conquest Of The Skies will be shown on New Year's Day at 7pm on Sky 1 HD and 8pm on Sky 3D.
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