Professor Tim Flannery is one of Australia’s leading writers on climate change. An internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer and conservationist, Professor Flannery was named Australian of the Year in 2007.

In 2013 he founded the Australian Climate Council, Australia’s largest and most successful crowdfunded organisation and continues as the Chief Councillor.

He is currently Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Climate Change at the Australian Museum, Sydney.

Professor Flannery has held various academic positions including Professor at the University of Adelaide, director of the South Australian Museum in Adelaide, Principal Research Scientist at the Australian Museum and Visiting Chair in Australian Studies at Harvard University in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Prof Flannery has taught at Harvard University, and has advised governments both in Australia and Canada. In 2007 he established and co-chaired the Copenhagen Climate Council, and in 2011 was appointed Australia’s first Climate Commissioner. He has served on the board of the Prince Albert II Foundation, WWF International and the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, and as an advisor to the National Geographic Society.

He has published over 140 peer-reviewed scientific papers and has named 28 living and 50 fossil mammal species. He has published over 30 books including The Future Eaters and The Weather Makers, which has been translated into over 20 languages. He has made numerous documentaries and regularly writes for the New York Review of Books.

Acknowledged as a global thought leader, and environmental champion, he has received esteemed honours and awards for his tireless work to save our planet, including the bestowal of the prestigious Chevalier of the Order St Charles of Monaco.

In May 2021 Tim Flannery was awarded the prestigious Geddes Environment Medal by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society.