Timon McPhearson

Dr. Timon McPhearson is the founding Director of the Urban Systems Lab and Professor of Environmental Studies at New York University. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and Stockholm Resilience Centre. His work takes an interdisciplinary systems approach to advancing urban resilience, equity, and sustainability earning the Ecological Society of America’s Sustainability Science Award twice as well as the Innovation in Sustainability Science Award. Dr. McPhearson was named an NYC Climate Hero and was awarded the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity as a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).  He currently serves as co-chair of the NYC Panel on Climate Change and is a Lead Author for both IPCC and IPBES. He has published over 200 journal articles, book chapters, and articles for popular press.  His books include Urban Planet (2018), Resilient Urban Futures (2021), and Nature-based Solutions for Cities (2023).