Professor of climate dynamics named Project Drawdown Senior Fellow

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Chris Forest, professor of climate dynamics at Penn State, has been named a Senior Fellow for Project Drawdown.

Chris Forest Project Drawdown

Chris Forest, professor of climate dynamics at Penn State, has been named a Senior Fellow for Project Drawdown. Senior Fellows are “systems thinkers, experts in their field and Drawdown Ambassadors to the world.” He is the first Penn Stater to receive the honor.  IMAGE: COURTESY KELLY FOREST

May 30, 2019

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.
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Patricia L. Craig plc103@psu.edu

Senior Fellows are “systems thinkers,experts in their field and Drawdown Ambassadors to the world.” He is the first Penn Stater to receive the honor.

Forest, who has been working on climate change research for more than 20 years, attended the Institute of Energy and the Environment’s 2017 Colloquium on the Environment keynote lecture keynote lecture by Hawken and started learning about Project Drawdown’s work to find solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 

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