Dirk Steffens is one of Germany’s best-known science journalists and environmentalists. Over the past few decades, his film expeditions have taken him to more than 120 countries across all continents. After attending the Cologne School of Journalism, he initially worked as a political and news editor for Deutschlandfunk in Cologne, before moving to Südwestfunk in Baden-Baden as a radio presenter. He first appeared on camera for the TV channel VOX. From 2008 to 2022, he worked for ZDF, where he presented, amongst other programmes, the Terra X documentary series *Faszination Erde*. Since then, he has been working as a science expert for GEO and RTL Deutschland. He reports on nature, science and the environment for programmes such as “Die große GEO-Story”, “Wunder unserer Erde - Das große GEO-Quiz” and the podcast and YouTube series “GEO Kettenreaktion”. He is also a successful author. His books “Über Leben” and “Projekt Zukunft” became bestsellers. Dirk Steffens has received numerous awards for his work, including the Heinz Sielmann Honorary Prize, the Walter Scheel Prize, the Golden Camera and the German Television Prize. The University of Bayreuth awarded him an honorary doctorate in Earth Sciences, and in 2023 Dirk Steffens received the Federal Cross of Merit for his journalistic commitment to environmental and climate protection. Dirk Steffens serves as an ambassador for the Jane Goodall Institute and the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), is the biodiversity ambassador for German development policy, and has set up his own foundation for biodiversity.