Acting CEO and the Head of Research, Climate Council

Dr Martin Rice is Acting CEO and the Head of Research for the Climate Council (https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/), Australia’s leading climate change communications organisation. Previously he was the Co-ordinator of the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP) in Paris, France. The ESSP is a global interdisciplinary program with joint projects on the carbon cycle, global water system, human health and food systems. Prior to working for the ESSP Martin was a Programme Manager for the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) in Kobe, Japan. The

APN is an intergovernmental network that promotes policy-oriented research and capacity-building activities related to global change in the region. Martin’s PhD research at Macquarie University was on integrated Earth System Science: research practice and science communication. He is an Honorary Associate, Department of Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University and he has published in peer-reviewed journals, books and reports and articles in The Conversation.

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Communicating Climate Change and other Complex and Contested Content (Presenter)