Biography
Chris Field is the Perry L. McCarty Director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies. His research focuses on climate change solutions that work for everyone, now and in the future. Field’s ongoing projects emphasize improving the integrity of natural climate solutions, limiting impacts from coastal flooding and wildfires, and decreasing the risks from climate overshoot. Field has a long history of work on climate change assessments, including leadership roles in reports from the IPCC, the US National Academies, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His widely cited work has earned many recognitions, including the 2022 Japan Prize.
