William Solecki

William Solecki’s research focuses on urban environmental change, resilience, and environmental transitions generally, and urban climate vulnerability and adaptation specifically. He has served as leader or co-leader of numerous climate international, national, and local climate impacts studies and assessments including on several U.S. National of Academy of Science committees and panels and co-Chair of the New York City on Panel on Climate Change (NPCC). He has most recently served as a lead author on the IPCC, AR6, WG2, Chapter 17 on “Decision-making options for managing risk.” He is a co-founder of the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) that now includes approximately 1,000 members and co-editor of the recent Climate Change and Cities Assessment (ARC3) Report published by Cambridge University Press. He also serves as the co-editor of the journals Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability and Journal of Extreme Events.