Tim Flannery
Professor Tim Flannery is a former climate commissioner, chief councillor at the Climate Council and one of Australia’s leading writers on climate change.
Opinion
Climate policy
Plibersek has power to stop mega-projects of coal and gas
I have joined almost 100 other leading Australian scientists to back this legal intervention and urge Minister Plibersek to consider the wider environmental impact of burning coal and gas.
- by Tim Flannery
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Opinion
Climate policy
Climate action is the undisputed winner of the federal election
Parliament is set for an unprecedented shake-up after millions of voters put climate first at the ballot box, and all eyes are on what climate action can be achieved by the incoming government.
- by Tim Flannery
Opinion
Glasgow summit
Australia, an embarrassing handbrake on COP’s nobler ambitions
Australia’s utter failure to rise to the challenge at COP26 in Glasgow has entrenched our international reputation as a climate action outlier.
- by Tim Flannery and Simon Bradshaw
Opinion
Glasgow summit
Australia is running dead last among rich nations in the most important race humanity has ever faced
Ten days out from the global climate summit, Australia is again acting like a handbrake. No other developed nation has performed as badly in terms of past emissions or commitments to cut them.
- by Tim Flannery
Inside the search for Australia’s last surviving eastern quolls
A visitor to Victoria in the 1850s was more likely to see a quoll than a brushtail possum, which were then avidly hunted for their pelts.
- by Tim Flannery
Opinion
Climate policy
It's not too late for Australia to pivot on climate change
The pace of emissions reductions over the coming decade will prove decisive in whether we avert a full-blown climate catastrophe or sentence our children to a barely survivable future.
- by Tim Flannery
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/by/tim-flannery-p4yw3f