Tim Flannery
Chairman of Copenhagen Climate Council, Writer and Scientist
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.
Tim Flannery is born in 1956. He is an internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer, conservationist and author lauded by David Attenborough and Redmond O'Hanlon respectively as one of the world's greatest explorers and having "... discovered more new species than Charles Darwin."
Tim Flannery is one of Australia's leading thinkers and writers. An internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer and conservationist, 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 Recipient of Centenary of Federation medal for his service to science and in 2002 became the first environmentalist to deliver the Australia Day address to the nation. His voice is familiar world-wide through radio and is also well-known to Documentary Channel viewers as writer/presenter on numerous ground-breaking series of the past 10 years. Tim was recently honoured as Australian Humanist of the Year as well as Australian of the Year.
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.
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