Nigel Tapper

Professor Emeritus, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment

Biography

Nigel is a climate scientist who specialises in impacts of, and adaptation to, climate change. He is also the lead author of the IPCC assessment of impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.

articles

IPCC climate change report warns of urgent need to turn ambition into action

Our ability to adapt our way out of the climate crisis will soon be beyond us unless we rapidly decarbonise to limit global warming.

Science

The bushfires that changed Australia (ep18)

The lasting impacts of the recent bushfires reach far and wide. Watch A Different Lens to find out why we’re still seeing them.

A Different Lens