Climate Change: An Indian perspective

Professor Tim Flannery

December 15, 2008, 11.30AM - 1PM

About the Speaker

Professor Tim Flannery

An internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer and conservationist, Tim Flannery has published more than 140 peer-reviewed scientific papers. His books include the landmark works The Future Eaters and The Weather Makers, which has been translated into 25 languages. In 2006 it won the NSW Premier's Literary Prizes, the O2 (German Environmental Prize) and the US Lannan Prize (literary Lifetime Achievement).

In 2001 he received a Centenary of Federation Medal for his services to Australian science, and in 2002 he delivered the Australia Day address. In 2005 he was named Australian Humanist of the Year, and in 2007 honoured as Australian of the Year.

He spent a year teaching at Harvard, and is a founding member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, a director of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, and the National Geographic Society's representative in Australasia. He reviews regularly for the New York Review of Books.

In 2007 Tim Flannery co-founded and was appointed Chair of the Copenhagen Climate Council, a coalition of community, business, and political leaders who have come together to confront climate change. He advises various businesses on the climate problem, including Attunga Capital, Deutchebank, and CLSA Asia.