Dr Graeme Pearman is noted multiple award winning scientist and committed environmentalist. A science advisor to USA Vice President Al Gore, Dr Pearman consulted to Al Gore on the notable documentary The Inconvenient Truth. Dr Pearman is recognised as a national and international expert in research and the impacts of the increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the global atmosphere.
Dr Pearman was trained as a biologist at the University of Western Australia and later as a postgraduate in the USA at the University of Wisconsin. He joined CSIRO, in 1971 where he was Chief of Atmospheric Research and CSIRO Climate Director, 1992–2002. Through work as Chairman of START International (Washington) and with the International Council of Science he has been involved in building research capacity internationally. He has contributed to over 150 scientific journal papers primarily on aspects of the global carbon budget. In 2004 he left CSIRO to run his own consultancy company. He is currently Interim Director, Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University, and contracts to both private and public sector organisations.
Topics Covered by Dr Graeme Pearman include:
· Energy futures
· Sustainability and sustainability Science;
· Scientific capacity building;
· Public communication of science
· The role of science in modern societies.
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