BBC backs down on climate change: Forced to delete David Attenborough's 'alarmist' warming claims from final show of Africa series

Daily Mail
"The BBC has been forced into an embarrassing climbdown over climate change claims made in Sir David Attenborough's groundbreaking Africa series. In the last episode of the series, entitled 'Future', Sir David discussed the challenges facing the region. Speaking over footage of Mount Kilimanjaro, Sir David made the assertion that 'some parts of the continent have become 3.5C hotter in the past 20 years'. .....The BBC initially defended the claim, saying it was taken from a report by Oxfam and the New Economics Foundation. However, this report suggested the figure had come from a report by Christian Aid. The 2006 Christian Aid Report, entitled 'the climate of poverty' says the data came from a 'conversation with authors; February 2006.'