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Tim Flannery é um australiano, paleontólogo, ambientalista, conservacionista, explorador, e cientista público. Ele descobriu mais de 30 espécies de mamíferos . Ele atuou como comissário-chefe da Comissão do Clima, um órgão do governo federal que fornece informações sobre as mudanças climáticas.ao público australiano antes que a Comissão fosse abolida pelo Governo Abbott como seu primeiro ato de governo. Em 23 de setembro de 2013, Flannery anunciou que se juntaria a outros comissários demitidos para formar o Conselho Climático independente, que seria financiado inteiramente pela comunidade e continuaria a fornecer ciência climática independente ao público australiano.Flannery é professor no Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne.

Flannery foi nomeado Humanista Australiano do Ano em 2005, e Australiano do Ano em 2007. Até meados de 2013 ele foi professor na Universidade Macquarie e ocupou a Cátedra Panasonic em Sustentabilidade Ambiental. Ele também foi presidente do Copenhagen Climate Council, um grupo internacional de empresas e outros líderes que coordenou uma resposta empresarial às mudanças climáticas e auxiliou o governo dinamarquês na preparação para a COP 15. Em 2015, o Jack O Prêmio P. Blaney para Diálogo reconheceu Tim Flannery por usar o diálogo e o engajamento autêntico para construir um consenso global para ação em torno das mudanças climáticas. Suas opiniões sobre o fechamento de usinas convencionais a carvão para geração de eletricidade a médio prazo são frequentemente citadas na mídia. Wikipedia  

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“Kyoto questions the philosophies underpinning societies such as America and Australia, which cling to the myth of limitless growth.”

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Tim Flannery livro The Weather Makers

Fonte: The Weather Makers (2005), Chapter 25 (p. 237)

“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. The Danish government, however, could see its potential and supported the industry until costs came down. Today Denmark leads the world in both wind power production and the building of turbines; and wind now supplies 21 percent of the country’s electricity. One striking aspect of the way that wind power has developed there is that some 85 percent of the capacity is owned by individuals or wind cooperatives, and so power lies in the hands of the people.”

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Tim Flannery livro The Weather Makers

Fonte: The Weather Makers (2005), Chapter 29 (p. 268)

“This problem may not occur for several hundred years, but by the time we see the first signs, it will be far too late to do anything about it.”

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Tim Flannery livro The Weather Makers

Fonte: The Weather Makers (2005), Chapter 20 (p. 186)

“In our Gaian world, everything is connected to and influences everything else.”

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Tim Flannery livro The Weather Makers

Fonte: The Weather Makers (2005), Chapter 16 (p. 160)

“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.”

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Tim Flannery livro The Weather Makers

Fonte: The Weather Makers (2005), Chapter 22 (p. 209)

“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.”

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Tim Flannery livro The Weather Makers

Fonte: The Weather Makers (2005), Chapter 24 (p. 231)

“The golden toad was the first documented victim of global warming. We had killed it with our profligate use of coal-fired electricity and our oversize cars just as surely as if we had flattened its forest with bulldozers. It was as if, having experienced it, we did not recognize what happiness was.”

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Tim Flannery livro The Weather Makers

Fonte: The Weather Makers (2005), Chapter 12 (p. 119)

“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.”

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6 March 2014 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/06/tim-flannery-coal-communities-kept-darkː Vulnerable groups of people in South Morwell Australia were advised to temporarily relocate due to the danger of PM2.5 particles in 2014.
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“Nothing in predictive climate science is more certain than the extinction of many of the world’s mountain-dwelling species.”

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Tim Flannery livro The Weather Makers

Fonte: The Weather Makers (2005), Chapter 18 (p. 172)

“Some time this century, the day will arrive when the human influence on the climate will overwhelm all natural factors.”

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Tim Flannery livro The Weather Makers

Fonte: The Weather Makers (2005), Chapter 32 (p. 284)