Tim Flannery

Australian scientist and global warming activist · Australia · Historical Figures · Born 1956 · age 70

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Timothy Fridtjof Flannery is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist, conservationist, explorer, author, science communicator, activist, and public scientist.

A life in dates

2024Whitley AwardAward2018Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society of New South WalesAward2014“Coal fires are a notorious risk for coalmines. In North America whole towns have had to be relocated because of fires that have been uncontrollable.”In their words6 March 2014ː Vulnerable groups of people in South Morwell Australia were advised to temporarily relocate due to the danger of PM2.5Read the whole statement

2012Fellow of the Australian Academy of ScienceAward2010Leidy AwardAward2007Australian of the YearAward2005“The golden toad was the first documented victim of global warming.”In their wordsChapter 12 (p. 119)Read the whole statement

“Nothing in predictive climate science is more certain than the extinction of many of the world’s mountain-dwelling species.”In their wordsChapter 18 (p. 172)Read the whole statement

“If humans pursue a business-as-usual course for the first half of this century, I believe the collapse of civilization due to climate change becomes inevitable.”In their wordsChapter 22 (p. 209)Read the whole statement

“It is imperative to get the smelters to pay a fair price for their power; otherwise, market forces can never induce them to limit their emissions.”In their wordsChapter 24 (p. 231)Read the whole statement

“At the time the Danes decided to back wind power, the cost of electricity produced this way was many times greater than that produced by fossil fuels.”In their wordsChapter 29 (p. 268)Read the whole statement

1996Colin Roderick AwardAward1956Born28 January 1956

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Flannery was director of South Australian Museum for 7 years.

Flannery speaking at the Peoples' Climate March in Melbourne, September 2014

Flannery proposed the Chacoan peccary could be brought from Paraguay to North America, to replace the extinct flat-headed peccary.

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Tim Flannery

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Coal fires are a notorious risk for coalmines. In North America whole towns have had to be relocated because of fires that have been uncontrollable.
Mar 6, 2014, 6 March 2014ː Vulnerable groups of people in South Morwell Australia were advised to temporarily relocate due to the danger of PM2.5, Own words
The golden toad was the first documented victim of global warming.
2005, Chapter 12 (p. 119), Own words
In our Gaian world, everything is connected to and influences everything else.
2005, Chapter 16 (p. 160), Own words

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Awards

Whitley Award2024

Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales2018

Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science2012

Leidy Award2010

Australian of the Year2007

Colin Roderick Award1996

Commander of the Order of Saint-Charles

Knight of the Order of Saint-Charles

In their orbit

Spouse: Alexandra Szalay

About this person

Timothy Fridtjof Flannery is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist, conservationist, explorer, author, science communicator, activist, and public scientist. He is especially known for his 1994 book The Future Eaters, on the natural history of Australia, which was adapted for television in 2006, and his 2006 book The Weather Makers, about the effects of climate change in Australia.

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Australia

In common with Tim

Thomas KeneallyBoth received Colin Roderick Award

Ruth ParkBoth received Colin Roderick Award Don E. WilsonBoth received Whitley Award Mike ArcherBoth received Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Peter CareyBoth received Colin Roderick Award

Patricia Vickers-RichBoth received Whitley Award

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