Aziz Islam holds a PhD in Geology from the University of Sheffield, England and undergraduate degrees from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. After a long career in both industry and academia, specializing in palynology, he retired in 2009 and published his first book: New Emperors' Novel Clothes: Climate Change Analysed in 2013.

He was a founding member of the Saltbush Club of western Australia, one of the leading climate realist groups in Australia.