Geoffrey Wall is the Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management and for 11 years was Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research at the University of Waterloo (Ontario Canada N2L 3G1). He was educated at Leeds University (B.A., 1966), Cambridge University (Cert. Ed., 1967), University of Toronto (M.A., 1968), and Hull University (Ph.D., 1970). He taught at Sheffield University and the University of Kentucky before moving to Waterloo in 1974. He has long been engaged in environmental geography and tourism teaching and research and acted as a consultant in various sectors at home and abroad. He has published more than 200 papers in refereed academic journals, more than 100 book chapters and has edited a number of volumes on the implications of global climate.