> We have a preference for diverse speakers.
Mining magnate and climate activist .. with a marine ecology doctorate.
Not a lot of them in the world.
Builds big solar farms, develops giant electric trains, savagely critical of oil and gas extractors hiding behind carbon sequestation theatre.
NPC 2021: https://www.npc.org.au/speaker/2021/915-dr-andrew-forrest-ao...
NPC 2024: https://www.npc.org.au/speaker/2024/1287-dr-andrew-forrest-a...
2. Michael Shellenberger - an author and journalist who writes about politics, the environment, climate change, and nuclear power. He is a co-founder of the Breakthrough Institute and the California Peace Coalition.
3. John Clauser - Nobel prize in Physics (2022) and Wolf prize in physics (2010) recipient.
4. Judith Curry - President of Climate Forecast Applications Network (CFAN) and former professor and Chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Tech.