Katharine Mach
Katharine Mach
Director of Stanford Environment Assessment Facility - Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment; Senior Research Scientist - Department of Earth System Science; Visiting Investigator - Carnegie Institution for Science
Type:
Academic Research Staff
School:
Environmental Earth Systems Science
Research Area(s):
Climate
Biography
Katharine Mach is a Senior Research Scientist at Stanford University, an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and a Visiting Investigator at the Carnegie Institution for Science. She leads the Stanford Environment Assessment Facility (SEAF). Advancing foundations for action, her research is focused on integrative assessment of climate change risks and response options. The goal is innovating and evaluating new approaches to assessment, simultaneously applying them to inform decisions and policy. Priorities include advancing methods for integrating evidence, applying expert judgment, and communicating resulting syntheses of knowledge. From 2010 until 2015, Mach co-directed the scientific activities of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which focuses on impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability. This work culminated in the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report and its Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. The associated global scientific collaborations have supported diverse climate policies and actions, including the Paris Agreement. Mach received her PhD from Stanford University and AB from Harvard College.
Selected Publications by this Author
Assessment to Inform Decisions on Climate, Energy, and Environment (PDF/650.94 KB) »
Forests Contribute to California’s Climate Change Goals (PDF/624.79 KB) »
Stanford Environment Assessment Facility Fact Sheet (PDF/873.32 KB) »
More Publications From This Author
News & Press Releases
Growing Carbon Offsets on Trees »
A pioneering California program to sell carbon offsets has surprising environmental benefits – including providing habitat for endangered species – and provides lessons for initiatives under development in other states and countries.
By Rob Jordan,
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Media Coverage
What Climate Scientists Want You to See in the Floodwaters »
Katharine Mach, a senior research scientist and director of the Stanford Environment Assessment Facility, and Miyuki Hino, a Ph.D. candidate in Stanford’s Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, discuss how we would better approach climate change in order to understand how extreme weathers occur and the steps we can take to prevent or lessen future disasters
By Kathrine Mach and Miyuki Hino,
Katharine Mach is quoted on the effects climate change and increased emissions have in contributing to more extreme weather phenomenon.
By Peter Thomson,
Shoring up coastal infrastructure is long past due »
Christopher Field and Kathrine Mach contribute on article looking into the importance of funding coastal infrustrucutre and the effects it could have if overlooked
By Roger-Mark De Souza, Chris Field, Alice Hill and Kathrine Mach,