Tim Flannery is one of Australia's leading thinkers and writers. An internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer and conservationist, he has published more than 130 peer-reviewed scientific papers and many books. His books include the landmark works The Future Eaters and The Weather Makers, which has been translated into more than 20 languages and in 2006 won the NSW Premiers Literary Prizes for Best Critical Writing and Book of the Year. He received a Centenary of Federation Medal for his services to Australian science and in 2002 delivered the Australia Day address. In 2005 he was named Australian Humanist of the Year, and in 2007 honoured as Australian of the Year. He spent a year teaching at Harvard, and is a founding member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, a director of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, and the National Geographic Society's representative in Australasia. He serves on the board of WWF International (London and Gland) and on the sustainability advisory councils of Siemens (Munich) and Tata Power (Mumbai). In 2007 he co-founded and was appointed Chair of the Copenhagen Climate Council, a coalition of community, business, and political leaders who came together to confront climate change. Tim Flannery is currently Professor of Science at Maquarie University, Sydney.
Series
Books
Atmosphere of Hope
Searching for Solutions to the Climate Crisis
2015
The Eternal Frontier
An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples
2001
The Birth of Sydney
1999
The Explorers
1998
Sunlight and Seaweed
An Argument for How to Feed, Power and Clean Up the World
2017
Weird, Wild, Amazing!
Exploring the Incredible World of Animals
2019
A Warning from the Golden Toad
2021
Europe
A Natural History
2018
The Future Eaters
An Ecological History of the Australasian Lands and People
1994
Throwim Way Leg
An Adventure
1998
An Explorer's Notebook
Essays on Life, History, and Climate
2007
The Mystery of the Venus Island Fetish
2014
The Birth of Melbourne
2004
Astonishing Animals
Extraordinary Creatures and the Fantastic Worlds They Inhabit
2004
We Are the Weather Makers
The History of Climate Change
2006
A Voyage To Terra Australis
Undertaken For The Purpose Of Completing The Discovery Of That Vast Country, And Prosecuted In The Years 1801, 1802 And 1803
1814
The Climate Cure
Solving the Climate Emergency in the Era of COVID-19
2020
Among the Islands
Adventures in the Pacific
2011
Big Meg
The Story of the Largest and Most Mysterious Predator that Ever Lived
2023
Quarterly Essay 48 After the Future
Australia's New Extinction Crisis
2012
Chasing Kangaroos
A Continent, a Scientist, and a Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Creature
2004
Now or Never
Why We Must Act Now to End Climate Change and Create a Sustainable Future
2008
The Life and Adventures of John Nicol, Mariner
1999
A Gap in Nature
Discovering the World's Extinct Animals
2001
Life
Selected Writings
2019
Here on Earth
A Natural History of the Planet
2010
The Weather Makers
How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
2001
