Barry Brook
- January 8, 2024
- Scientist
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Barry Brook Biography
| Name | Barry Brook |
| Birthday | Feb 28 |
| Birth Year | 1974 |
| Birth Country | Australia |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
Barry Brook is one of the most popular and richest Scientist who was born on February 28, 1974 in Australia. Barry William Brook (born 28 February 1974 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian scientist from Australia. He is an ARC Australian Laureate Professor and Chair of Environmental Sustainability at the University of Tasmania in the Faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology. He was previously the ARC Future Fellow in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Adelaide, Australia in which he was the Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change from 2007 to 2014. He also served as Director of Climate Science at the Environment Institute.
In 2011 Brook co-authored an “Nuclear Series” of articles for the South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy along with Ben Heard, and Australia’s nuclear options, a draft document that provides a perspective that was submitted to CEDA (Committee to Develop Economically Australia). Brook was the author of the first chapter in the second, titled the significance of nuclear fission in reducing the carbon emissions of the future. The remaining sections were written by other supporters Anthony Owen (UCL), Tony Wood (Grattan Institute), Tony Irwin (Engineers Australia) and Tom Quirk (a nuclear physicist).
Brook, along with 17 other environmental scholars, released An Ecomodernist Manifesto in April 2015, which represented a declaration of principles for new environmentalism. The summary of the manifesto says: “We offer this statement in the belief that both human prosperity and an ecologically vibrant planet are not only possible, but also inseparable. By committing to the real processes, already underway, that have begun to decouple human well-being from environmental destruction, we believe that such a future might be achieved. As such, we embrace an optimistic view toward human capacities and the future.” It was described by Eduardo Porter of The New York Times as a “…new strategy [that], of course, presents big challenges”.
In February 2015, the South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill announced the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission to investigate the potential for an expanded role for the state in all aspects of the nuclear industry (mining, enrichment, reprocessing, waste management and nuclear electricity generation). Brook described the announcement as “real progress.” In April 2015, Brook was one of five members appointed to the Expert Advisory Committee of the Royal Commission, along with Ian Lowe, SA Chief Scientist Dr Leanna Read, Timothy Stone CBE and John Carlsson, to provide high-level advice. Commissioner Kevin Scarce said “The members of this Committee have been chosen to ensure that the Commission receives a broad range of advice and reflects the diversity of views that the community holds,”
In the book of 2010 Why vs. Why: Nuclear Power Barry Brook and Ian Lowe discuss and articulate the debate surrounding nuclear power. Brook claims in seven arguments for people to vote “yes” to nuclear power:
Barry Brook Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Scientist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Barry Brook is one of the richest Scientist from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Barry Brook 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Brook has been a member of several advisory boards, commissions, and councils. This includes The Australian Research Council, South Australia’s Premier’s Climate Change Council (2007-2010) The premier’s Science and Research Council, the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission as well as the International Awards Committee of the Global Energy Prize and an advisory panel for the Barbara Hardy Institute at the University of South Australia. He also represents the non-profit Science Council for Global Initiatives.
Brook created the blog Brave New Climate in 2008 and regularly updates. Guest bloggers are also featured, and BNC often republishes pieces written by authors with Brook’s interests. Brook describes the site by saying it caters “for people concerned about mitigating climate change, protecting biodiversity, whilst also enhancing human well being and growing our civilisation.”
In an open letter of December 2014 that he led, 75 leading scientists urged environmentalists to set aside their preconceptions about nuclear power. They express their support for an article titled Key role for nuclear energy in global biodiversity conservation., written by Brook, stating that it provided “strong evidence for the need to accept a substantial role for advance nuclear power systems” as part of a range of sustainable energy technologies. “Much as leading climate scientists have recently advocated the development of safe, next-generation nuclear energy systems to combat global climate change … we entreat the conservation and environmental community to weigh up the pros and cons of different energy sources using objective evidence and pragmatic trade- offs, rather than simply relying on idealistic perceptions of what is ‘green’.”
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