Nerilie Abram is one of Australia’s top paleoclimate scientists with an exceptional record of scientific discoveries. She has made outstanding contributions to our understanding of how Earth’s climate system behaved over the last millennium, at both regional and global scales. Her multidisciplinary approaches have also brought critical perspectives to modern day human-induced climate change, including bushfire, drought, and the onset of anthropogenic warming. Abram also has an impressive record of scientific leadership, and has an international standing for her service, outreach, and communication, including Coordinating Lead Authorship of the 2019 IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate.