Tim Flannery: The Climate Cure

Tim Flannery’s influential 2005 book, The Weather Makers, laid out the challenges human society faces due to global warming, from mass extinctions to devastating weather changes and human conflict over essential resources. It also proposed solutions, some of which have since been enshrined as government policy around the world.

In November, the scientist, conservationist and Chief Councillor of the Climate Council joins us to discuss his new book, The Climate Cure. Arriving in the wake of a disastrous bushfire season, the book is squarely focussed on solutions – inspired by Australia’s science-led response to Covid-19.

In a discussion for viewers of all ages, Flannery will speak with Izzy Raj-Seppings, a teenage organiser of School Strike 4 Climate Australia. They’ll talk about shifting attitudes to climate change, and what we can learn from last summer’s bushfires and this year’s pandemic. What world are we creating for the next generation? What are the risks if we don’t get it right? And what role can science play in changing minds and spurring action?

Presented in partnership with State Library of New South Wales.

Our online bookseller for this event will be Paperback Books.