Who we are

Tim Flannery
Author of The Weather Makers; Chairman, Copenhagen Climate Council. Tim Flannery is one of Australia’s leading thinkers and writers and an internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer and conservationist. His numerous books include the landmark work The Future Eaters – an ecological history of Australia.

As a field biologist he has discovered and named more than thirty new species of mammals and at 34 he was awarded the Edgeworth David Medal for outstanding research in zoology. He received a Centenary of Federation Medal for his services to Australian science In 1998-9 he spent a year teaching at Harvard as professor of Australian studies. He is a director of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy; and the National Geographic Society’s representative in Australasia. In 2005 he was honoured as Australian Humanist of the Year.

From 1999 to 2006 he was Director of the South Australian Museum and Chair of the South Australian Premier’s Science Council and Sustainability Roundtable. In 2006 he accepted a professorial Chair at Macquarie University in Sydney.

His most recent book The Weather Makers – dealing with climate change - has received widespread praise for its informed and balanced approach, and has been translated into 20 languages.