Australia
Tim Flannery is a scientist, explorer, writer, Australian of the Year and one of the world’s most prominent environmentalists. Currently Professorial Fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute and chief councilor of the Australian Climate Council (Australia’s largest and most successful crowd funded organization that he founded), he has published over 140 peer-reviewed scientific papers, named 25 living and 50 fossil mammal species and written 33 books including his latest publication ‘Sunlight and Seaweed’ and the award winning The Future Eaters and The Weather Makers.