Lesley Hughes

Lesley Hughes is Professor Emerita and Pro-Chancellor at Macquarie University. She is an ecologist whose main research interest has been the impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems, and the implications of climate change for conservation. She is a former Lead Author in the IPCC’s 4th and 5th Assessment Report, a former federal Climate Commissioner and now a Councillor and Director with the Climate Council of Australia, a Director of the Environmental Defenders Office, a member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, and a member of the Climate Change Authority.