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Tim Baynes has over 20 years of experience in urban environmental sustainability, focusing on scenario analysis related to population, transport infrastructure transitions, resource use, and climate change impacts on cities. He has led simulations for urban development infrastructure projects in the Australian National Outlook series in 2015 and 2019, with his work featured on the front cover of Nature. Baynes served as the lead author for the UN International Resource Panel report on Urban Resource Use and was a contributing author to the Urban chapter of the Global Energy Assessment in 2012. His recent research interests also encompass circular economy opportunities that coincide with zero-waste and zero-carbon challenges in urban sustainability. His industrial ecology concepts and techniques aim to evaluate resource needs in society through topics such as circular economy, urban growth metabolism, and direct embodied impacts of consumption and production. He co-founded the online virtual Industrial Ecology laboratory (IELab) and its commercial arm FootprintLab, which provides credible carbon footprint data and expertise. Additionally, he has held various roles, including Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO, contributing to the advancement of sustainability research and practice.
FootprintLab Pty Ltd • Canberra, Australia
Co-founder and director leading initiatives in sustainability and carbon footprint analysis.
International Society of Industrial Ecology • Remote
Provided leadership and direction for the society's activities.
Australian Institute of Company Directors • Australia
Membership in a professional body for directors.
Industrial Ecology Virtual Laboratory • Remote
Co-founded a virtual lab focused on industrial ecology.
CSIRO • Canberra, Australia
Conducted research on urban environmental sustainability and resource management.
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