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Source: The Guardian
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The Guardian has an excerpt from acclaimed climate author Tim Flannery’s new book, “Atmosphere of Hope: Searching for Solutions to the Climate Crisis”.

In it, Flannery shows how a changing climate in Australia and around the world will have impacts beyond higher temperatures: threats to human health, more extreme bushfires, degrading nutritional value of crops, and more mental illnesses induced by stress are some of the topics he touches on.

Read the full article here. 

Tim Flannery is the recipient of the 2015/2016 Jack P. Blaney Award for Dialogue at SFU. This award provides an opportunity to celebrate the significant role Professor Flannery’s work has had in advancing the global conversation around the critical issue of climate change.  ACT Executive Director Deborah Harford also looks forward to co-hosting him as one of the Climate Solutions Fellows at the SFU Centre for Dialogue.