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"A very small band of critics" denies that climate change exists and that humans are the cause. These climate change “skeptics” or "deniers," Suzuki claims, tend not to be climate scientists and do not publish in peer-reviewed scientific journals but rather target the media, the general public, and policy makers. Their goal: "delaying action on climate change."

Dr. David Takayoshi Suzuki was born on the 24th March, 1936, in Vancouver Canada. During World War II, at the age of six, he was interned with his family in a camp in BC. After the war, he went to high school in London, Ontario. He graduated with Honours from Amherst College in 1958 and went on to earn his PhD in Zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961.

An internationally respected geneticist, David was a full Professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver from 1969 until his retirement in 2001. He is professor emeritus with UBC's Sustainable Development Research Institute. From 1969 to 1972 he was the recipient of the prestigious E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship Award for the "Outstanding Canadian Research Scientist Under the Age of 35".

He has received numerous awards including the Roger Tory Peterson Award from Harvard University. He is a Companion of the Order of Canada, and a member of the Order of British Columbia. He has received 20 honorary doctorates - 13 from Canada, four from the United States and three from Australia. First Nations people have honoured him with six names, formal adoption by two tribes, and made him an honorary member of the Dehcho First Nations.

Suzuki became famous throughout the world for his devotion to being an environmental activist and his work as a science broadcaster. David has received consistently high acclaim for his 30 years of award-winning work in broadcasting, explaining the complexities of science in a compelling, easily understood way. He is well known to millions as the host of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's popular science television series, The Nature of Things.

His eight part series, A Planet for the Taking won an award from the United Nations. His eight-part PBS series The Secret of Life was praised internationally, as was his five-part series The Brain for the Discovery Channel. For CBC Radio he founded the long running radio series, Quirks and Quarks and has presented two influential documentary series on the environment, From Naked Ape to Superspecies and It's a Matter of Survival.

Suzuki had a quite large broadcasting career. His career started in 1979, where he hosted "The Nature of Things" which aired around fifty countries worldwide. Suzuki also hosted a television series called "The Secret of Life". He also won an award, the United Nations Environment Program Medal in 1985 for his hit television series "A Planet for the Taking". Suzuki also did a four hour mini-series called "The Sacred Balance" which aired in 2001.

Suzuki has won many honours and awards these include, Canada's most prestigious award, the Order of Canada Officer which he won in 1976 it has been upgraded to Companion status in 2006, he was awarded the UNESCO's Kalinga Prize for science 1986 and the Order of British Columbia in 1995 as well as numerous other Canadian and international honours. Suzuki was nominated as one of the top 10 "Greatest Canadians" by viewers of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Suzuki is also a co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. The Foundation was officially opened in 1991. The Foundation mainly concentrates on environmental issues including, aquaculture, biodiversity, climate change, global warming, ecosystem-based forestry, and sustainable fisheries.

The author of 43 books, David Suzuki is recognized as a world leader in sustainable ecology. He lives with his family in Vancouver, Canada.

(Source: Wikipedia & David Suzuki Foundation)