About the Author

Dr Joelle Gergis is an award-winning climate scientist and writer at the Australian National University. She served as a lead author for the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report and is the author of Sunburnt Country- The History and Future of Climate Change in Australia. Joelle has also contributed chapters to The Climate Book, created by Greta Thunberg, and Not Too Late- Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility, edited by Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua.