Rafe Pomerance

Rafe Pomerance has a long history in climate policy, dating back to the late 1970s. From 1993 to 1999, he served as the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Environment and Development, representing the U.S. at both the Berlin and Kyoto Conferences of the Parties. Pomerance played a key role in bringing climate change to the policy forefront, beginning in 1979 while working at Friends of the Earth and later at the World Resources Institute. His contributions were highlighted in The New York Times Magazine's special issue, Losing Earth, in August 2018. In 2014, Pomerance founded Arctic 21, a network focused on communicating the unraveling of  the Arctic, including the melting of sea ice, glaciers, and permafrost. More recently, Pomerance and his colleagues have been promoting a new initiative aimed at establishing an 'upper limit' for sea level rise, positioning Greenland at the center of global climate discussions.