ABOUT
Tim is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist and global warming activist. He was the Chief Commissioner of the Climate Commission, a Federal Government body providing information on climate change to the Australian public.
In 2013, Tim announced that he would join other sacked commissioners to form the independent Climate Council, that would be funded by the community.
Tim was named Australian of the Year in 2007 and previously, until mid-2013, was a professor at Macquarie Universityand held the Panasonic Chair in Environmental Sustainability. He is also chairman of the Copenhagen Climate Council, an international climate change awareness group. His sometimes controversial views on shutting down conventional coal-fired power stations for electricity generation in the medium term are frequently cited in the media.