The climate crisis is real, as are its solutions. In fact, the many solutions offer a plethora of side benefits,…
Author: David Suzuki
David Suzuki
David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.
A major initiative in the U.K. has confirmed what many studies have found: spending time in nature is good for…
The fossil fuel industry has made a lot of false or misleading claims over the years: burning the fuels doesn’t…
People can only survive a few days without water. After all, we’re mostly water — basically just liquid blobs with…
Carbon pricing can be confusing. Simply put, it’s designed to increase costs of burning polluting fossil fuels and encourage cleaner…
Did you make any New Year’s resolutions? Anyone resolve to help overthrow consumer capitalism? If we come together and resolve…
It’s not a stretch to say the fossil fuel industry rules the world. From its beginnings, it’s spawned car and…
Canada is regarded as a country of spectacular nature, with magnificent forests. The boreal forest alone, stretching from Yukon to Newfoundland and…
Considering all the information on the internet, you’d think people would be better informed and able to assess the forces…
As people worldwide join forces to avert the worst consequences of the climate crisis, the industry largely responsible for turning…
As scientists warn that we’ve pushed the planet “well outside the safe operating space for humanity” and young people march…
I greatly admire today’s young people — but I sure don’t envy them. We older generations are leaving them a…
With all the problems in the world, from massive inequality to the climate crisis, you’d think voluntary guidelines to improve…
As you walk outside, watching birds take flight or a squirrel run up a tree, take a moment to consider…
Too many people are consuming more than Earth’s systems can replenish. But while population growth is an important issue, overconsumption…
On July 6, the world’s average temperature was the hottest ever recorded, at 17.23 C. That beat the previous highs on… July…
If you understand that the climate crisis is a serious challenge and believe governments, industry and society should be doing…
In 1989, I did a radio series for CBC called It’s a Matter of Survival. It examined how humans were altering…
The world is on fire. Sometimes it seems not enough people care. We’re still electing governments that do the bare…
Nine years ago, the David Suzuki Foundation launched the Blue Dot Movement. Its goal was to enshrine the right to a…
In the effort to limit and reverse the worsening impacts of global heating, the immediate goal is to quickly stop…
As the impacts of climate disruption become more frequent and intense, we need a range of solutions. One that’s getting…
Canada’s recent greenhouse gas inventory shows climate policies are working — but we still face major hurdles. On the positive…
Cutting greenhouse gas emissions to keep the world from heating to catastrophic levels is entirely possible and would save money.…
How can a bank for wealthy venture capitalists, tech bros and people such as ultraconservative billionaire Peter Thiel be “woke”? Or…
We can all help bring nature home to our neighbourhoods. This story begins with a plan to crowdsource a network…
People who oppose the transition from polluting, climate-altering fossil fuel energy to cleaner, renewable energy often point to the latter’s…
In many countries — most notably the U.S. — corporations are considered “persons” under law, enjoying many of the same legal rights…
Long-awaited bill to update Canadian Environmental Protection Act faces final MP vote. OTTAWA | TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN…
Resolving the climate crisis is a challenge — but not for lack of solutions. What’s needed is political will and…
By now, anyone paying attention knows that burning coal, oil and gas has created a crisis that threatens our survival.…
Cooking with gas has some advantages over cooking on conventional electric stoves, as gas stoves heat and cool instantly. But…
The following is adapted from the prologue to the 25th anniversary edition of The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature (Greystone…
The human population just reached eight billion! Does it matter? Our numbers have quadrupled in my lifetime — and doubled…
As the 27th UN climate conference of the parties (COP27) wraps up, we can’t lose sight of the biodiversity COP15…
This summer, a Fortis BC booth at a Vancouver farmers market displayed the slogan, “Natural gas is good for your…
Environmental racism or discrimination can take many forms. It can mean building polluting factories or mines next to Indigenous communities, or…
Moose management in Canada is unique compared to other wildlife management. The primary driver of most species’ decline in Canada…
In Canada and many places worldwide, those who pollute the atmosphere must pay. By putting a price on activities that…
Beavers have long been considered nuisances. They knock down trees and block waterways, often flooding areas where humans live and…
Researchers only began to understand the “diel migration” a few decades ago. It’s “the largest routine migration of life on…
Canada offers some of the world’s most generous support for the fossil fuel industry, but industry executives want more. Even as…
Most of us have seen images of sea turtles malformed by plastic six-pack rings, dead birds with stomachs full of…
The lineage of our human species has survived for several million years thanks to a wondrous, interconnected evolution of factors…
Near the end of the film Don’t Look Up, Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, astronomer Randall Mindy, turns to the people around him…