Tim Flannery: I Have Seen the Future

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Tim Flannery: I Have Seen the Future

29 Aug 2025
06:00pm - 07:15pm
$10 - $15
The Capitol RMIT, 113 Swanston Street, Melbourne

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"We are each other's greatest assets". Hear award-winning scientist and former Australian of the Year Tim Flannery make the case for maintaining hope against the odds.

In this wide-ranging discussion, Tim Flannery, RMIT's recently appointed Professor, RMIT University College of Design and Social Context, award-winning scientist and former Australian of the Year, explores how to hold onto hope in the face of climate catastrophe – and the transformations humanity must make to move toward a regenerative future. A palaeontologist by training, Flannery brings a long view to the climate and biodiversity crisis, daring to dream of a world where clean-energy technologies underpin global economies, knowledge and expertise are celebrated, and humankind rediscovers its innate creativity, stoicism, optimism and humour in the face of adversity.

In conversation with ABC Radio National presenter Hilary Harper, Flannery reflects on the societal shifts that give him cause for hope – imagining a future where war is obsolete, civic democracy endures, food and water are abundant, and nature is in recovery.

Presented by Planetary Civics Inquiry and RMIT University, in partnership with City of Melbourne's 'Now or Never' festival.

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