The damage that climate change is causing and that will get worse if we fail to act goes beyond the hundreds of thousands of lives, homes and businesses lost, ecosystems destroyed, species driven to extinction, infrastructure smashed and people inconvenienced.

Since the mid-1970s Suzuki has been known for his TV and radio series and books about nature and the environment. Suzuki was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 2009. He is best known as host of the popular and long-running CBC Television science magazine The Nature of Things seen in over forty nations.