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Concerned scientists, pragmatic politics and Australia’s green drought Dr Sarah Bell Civil and Environmental Engineering, University College London, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom; ph. +44 (0)20 s.bell@ucl.ac.uk. Abstract The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists formed in Australia in 2002 in response to calls to ‘drought-proof’ the continent, and rose to prominence as leading public experts on natural resource management. They set a model for relationships between science, the public and politics in Australia, which has shaped how scientists participate in public poli