Clive Hamilton AM

Clive Hamilton is an Australian author and public intellectual. Since 2008 he has been Professor of Public Ethics at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, a joint centre of Charles Sturt University and the University of Melbourne. He is based at Charles Sturt University’s Canberra campus.

Clive’s 2010 book, titled Requiem for a Species: Why we resist the truth about climate change, was published by Earthscan and Allen & Unwin and had a wide impact. His most recent book, Earthmasters: The dawn of the age of climate engineering,was published by Yale University Press and Allen & Unwin in 2013.

In 2009 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his contribution to public debate and public policy.