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Related: About this forum'It's too late': David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost
https://www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/its-too-late-david-suzuki-says-the-fight-against-climate-change-is-lost/Its too late: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost
We have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems, said David Suzuki in an exclusive interview with iPolitics. For me, what weve got to do now is hunker down.
Published July 2nd, 2025 at 2:46 pm
Davis Legree
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Look, Im not giving up in the sense of not doing anything, but Trumps election was the dagger in my heart. Trumps win was the triumph of capitalism and neoliberalism, and hes going to wreak havoc. Theres nothing we can do about that, except maybe incremental changes. Thats not what we need. We need revolution. Can you have a peaceful revolution? I dont know.
But Im saying, as an environmentalist, we have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems.
For me, what weve got to do now is hunker down. The units of survival are going to be local communities, so Im urging local communities to get together. Finland is offering a great example because the Finnish government has sent a letter to all of their citizens warning of future emergencies, whether theyre earthquakes, floods, droughts, or storms. Theyre going to come and theyre going to be more urgent and prolonged.
Governments will not be able to respond on the scale or speed that is needed for these emergencies, so Finland is telling their citizens that theyre going to be at the front line of whatever hits and better be sure youre ready to meet it. Find out who on your block cant walk because youre going to have to deal with that. Who has wheelchairs? Who has fire extinguishers? Where is the available water? Do you have batteries or generators? Start assessing the routes of escape. Youre going to have to inventory your community, and thats really what we have to start doing now.
We have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems, said David Suzuki in an exclusive interview with iPolitics. For me, what weve got to do now is hunker down.
Published July 2nd, 2025 at 2:46 pm
Davis Legree
Reporter
Look, Im not giving up in the sense of not doing anything, but Trumps election was the dagger in my heart. Trumps win was the triumph of capitalism and neoliberalism, and hes going to wreak havoc. Theres nothing we can do about that, except maybe incremental changes. Thats not what we need. We need revolution. Can you have a peaceful revolution? I dont know.
But Im saying, as an environmentalist, we have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems.
For me, what weve got to do now is hunker down. The units of survival are going to be local communities, so Im urging local communities to get together. Finland is offering a great example because the Finnish government has sent a letter to all of their citizens warning of future emergencies, whether theyre earthquakes, floods, droughts, or storms. Theyre going to come and theyre going to be more urgent and prolonged.
Governments will not be able to respond on the scale or speed that is needed for these emergencies, so Finland is telling their citizens that theyre going to be at the front line of whatever hits and better be sure youre ready to meet it. Find out who on your block cant walk because youre going to have to deal with that. Who has wheelchairs? Who has fire extinguishers? Where is the available water? Do you have batteries or generators? Start assessing the routes of escape. Youre going to have to inventory your community, and thats really what we have to start doing now.
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'It's too late': David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost (Original Post)
OKIsItJustMe
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Delphinus
(12,377 posts)1. I thought
he came across clearly.
OKIsItJustMe
(21,451 posts)2. Yes, I do as well
I trust people will read his complete assessment of our situation.