HR Professional - February/March 2008 - (Page 66) I N T ERV I EW B Y M E R E D I T H B I R C H A L L- S P E N C E R DAVID SUZUKI, SPEAKS OUT ABOUT WHAT CORPORATE CANADA CAN DO TO SOLVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS T he award-winning scientist, environmentalist and journalist has been the voice of the green movement for a generation of Canadians. David Suzuki shares the crucial role HR and business will play in helping to solve the climate crisis. HRP: You’ve been the environmental conscience of Canadians for decades. Why has it taken so long for society to take up the cause of climate change and global warming? DS: I think people are into their own lives and it’s a distraction. But in 1988, the environment was at the absolute top of the agenda and public interest was very high. When George Bush Sr. ran for president, he said, “If you elect me, I’ll be an environmental president.” Then the economy went into a tailspin and the fossil fuel industry began an aggressive PR campaign and spent billions of dollars supporting a handful of scientists who claimed global warming was junk science. For the public, it was confusing. Some scientists said, “We’ve got to do something right away” and another group said, “No, it’s going to cost average people too much.” The public thought this lack of unity meant that the issue wasn’t critical and opted not to worry about it. The fossil fuel industry has been very successful at doing what I consider a crime against future generations by creating confusion in the minds of the public. But over the last 20 years, the evidence that global warming is happening has gotten stronger and stronger. Now it’s indisputable. I spent three weeks camping up in the Arctic last year and you only have to be there a short time before you realize something bad is happening. 66 F e b r u a r y / M a r c h 2 0 0 8 HR P R OF E S S I ON A L
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