Lesley Hughes

Prof. Lesley Hughes is an ecologist in the Department of Biological Sciences at Macquarie University. She has been researching the impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems for over 20 years. Over the past decade she has also become involved in many broader aspects of climate change communication and policy. These include serving as a Lead Author on the Fourth and Fifth Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); and membership of the Expert Advisory Group on Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity, the Land Sector Carbon and Biodiversity Board, the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, and Climate Scientists Australia. In 2011 she was appointed a Climate Commissioner by the Australian federal government.

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