Tim Flannery’s search for climate leadership
Acclaimed scientist, Tim Flannery searches for the missing ingredient in our fight against climate change – that is leadership.
CLIMATE CHANGERS is Tim Flannery’s search for leadership on climate change.
Where are the leaders who will drive change? Are they strong enough to triumph where others have failed?
Tim poses these questions as he meets leaders past and present in the hope of finding answers.
Climate change is humanity’s greatest challenge as we delve into what frustrates Tim, what motivates him, and where he believes the solutions lie.
This immersive journey takes Tim from his early days as a palaeontologist when he first encountered climate change, to his tireless efforts at the Copenhagen COP in 2009 which failed to deliver, to fending off deeply personal attacks from deniers and right-wing media, to the COP26 in Glasgow 2021, and onto today’s ever pressing challenges of geopolitical troubles, and the fossil fuel industry’s obstruction to change.
Yet there are green shoots of hope.
Each person Tim talks to brings their own story and lessons:
A West Papuan villager, a former Chair of the COP in Copenhagen, a former prime minister of Australia, a state government energy minister, a business CEO former-polluter now-hydrogen-zealot, a barefoot engineer who was part of Biden’s advisory, a human rights activist, a Torres Strait activist, a Solomon Island chief, a Scottish geographer, and a CEO of an Aboriginal land council.
Each provides a pathway through this perilous landscape.
Whilst the science is not in question, finding the leaders to lead us through this quagmire is still in question…
Do we have what it takes to get out of this mess?
Climate Changers is presented by Antidote Films and Documentary Australia’s Environmental Accelerator, with support from Intrepid Travel.
The National Q&A event is presented by ethical super fund Future Super, with the Climate Council as a key impact partner.
