"We have to shift the debate on global warming this year and this book is going to help make that happen."
—Laurie David, Environmental activist, founder of stopglobalwarming.org, and wife of Seinfeld/Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry David
Tim Flannery is one of the most celebrated scientists of our time. He is chairman of the Copenhagen Climate Council, a judge (along with Al Gore, James Hansen, James Lovelock, and Crispin Tickell) for Richard Branson's Virgin Earth Challenge, and in 2007 he was named Australian of the Year. He is a professor at Macquarie University in Sydney.