Tim Flannery
| "With every revolution we have had from wood to coal, from coal to oil and now from oil to the renewables: profits have increased. That’s just the way the world is. I would like to see business people rewarded for doing the right thing." |
Professor, Earth & Life Sciences, Macquaire University and Chairman of the Copenhagen Climate Council
Professor Tim Flannery was born in 1956. He is an internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer, conservationist and author, and one of Australia’s leading thinkers and writers. Tim’s books include the definitive ecological histories of Australia and North America. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers. He is also a recipient of the Centenary of Federation medal for his services to science, and in 2002 he became the first environmentalist to deliver the Australia Day address to the nation. His voice is familiar worldwide through radio, and he is also well known to Documentary Channel viewers as a writer/presenter of numerous groundbreaking series over the past 10 years.
Tim was recently honoured as Australian Humanist of the Year as well as Australian of the Year in 2007. Formerly director of the South Australian Museum, Tim is chairman of the South Australian Premier’s Science Council and Sustainability Roundtable; a director of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, and the National Geographic Society’s representative in Australasia.
With the 2006 book The Weather Makers: The History & Future Impact of Climate Change, Tim made an important contribution by explaining the science behind the anthropogenic climate changes.
