Norwegian: Et liv på vår planet: Mitt vitnesbyrd og en visjon for fremtiden. Translated by Knut Ofstad. Oslo: Cappelen Damm. 2021. ISBN 9788202690243. Serbian: Живот на нашој планети: моје сведочење и визија будућности, romanized: Život na našoj planeti: moje svedočenje i vizija budućnosti. Translated by Tatjana Bižić. Belgrade: Laguna. 2020. ISBN 9788652139217.

Bloodworth, Adam (4 October 2020). "What Do Chernobyl And Climate Change Have In Common? Quite A Lot According To David Attenborough". HuffPost . Retrieved 21 November 2020. Polish: Życie na naszej planecie: Moja historia, wasza przyszłość, lit.'Life on Our Planet: My History, Your Future'. Translated by Paulina Surniak. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie. 2021. ISBN 9788366657021. Greek: Η ζωή στον πλανήτη μας: Η μαρτυρία μου και ένα όραμα για το μέλλον, romanized: I zoí ston planíti mas: I martyría mou kai éna órama gia to méllon. Translated by Myrto Kalofolias. Athens: Patakis. 2021. ISBN 9789601693545. This is what the second part of the book is about. The things that are expected to happen until the year 2100, another blink of an eye, if we don’t change our ways. I remember how, as a kid/teen, I noticed seeing less and less wild "friends" and being depressed about it and it brings tears to my eyes whenever I now see them again during my strolls through nature.You will be among the next characters who can, if they wish, tell the most extraordinary story of all – how human beings in the twenty-first century came to their senses and started to protect Planet Earth’ Sir David Attenborough This beautifully written and informative book for children has an uplifting message of hope that will strike a chord with all the family. The perfect gift for families the world over to treasure forever.

I had believed from a very early age that the most important knowledge was that which brought an understanding of how the natural world worked. It was not laws invented by human beings that interested me, but the principles that governed the lives of animals and plants; not the history of kings and queens, or even the different languages that had been developed by different human societies, but the truths that had governed the world around me long before humanity had appeared in it.” Attenborough emphasizes that there’s no room for continued growth - population, GDP, consumption — on a closed-system planet worth limited resources. Earth is all we have, and if we want to continue to be the ones having it, we need to change what we are doing, even if it’s uncomfortable. The pictures from Apollo 8 transformed the mindset of the population of the world. As Anderson himself said, "We came all this way to explore the moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the earth."

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Russian: Жизнь на нашей планете: Мое предупреждение миру на грани катастрофы, romanized: Zhizn na nashey planete: Moye preduprezhdeniye miru na grani katastrofy, lit.'Life on Our Planet: My Warning to the World on the Brink of Catastrophe'. Translated by Sergey Bavin. Moscow: BOMBORA. 2021. ISBN 9785041183585.

The last part of the book gives an outlook on what lies ahead in the decades from 2030 to 2100 (if we do nothing or if we do certain things). Here, Sir Attenborough talks about how to rewild the world (the land and the seas), how to live more balanced lives, e.g. not destroy as much of nature and more. We have come as far as we have because we are the cleverest creatures to have ever lived on Earth. But if we are to continue to exist, we will require more than intelligence. We will require wisdom.” Potton, Ed (16 September 2020). "David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet review — a pre-emptive eulogy for the Earth". The Times . Retrieved 21 November 2020.

A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future is a 2020 book by documentarian David Attenborough and director-producer Jonnie Hughes. It follows Attenborough's career as a presenter and natural historian, along with the decline in wildlife and rising carbon emissions during the period. Attenborough warns of the effects that climate change and biodiversity loss will have in the near future, and offers action which can be taken to prevent natural disaster. A companion book to the film David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet, it was positively received by critics. This book is the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake, and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right. I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet contains my witness statement, and my vision for the future - the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake, and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right.