Member Profile
Dr. Michael MacCracken has been Chief Scientist for Climate Change Programs with the Climate Institute in Washington DC since October 2002. His current research interests include human-induced climate change and consequent impacts, climate engineering (particularly, on the potential for countering specific climate change impacts), and the beneficial effects of limiting emissions of short-lived greenhouse gases (e.g., methane, precursors to tropospheric ozone) and black carbon. At Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Mike led studies from 1968-93 using computer models to evaluate the climatic effects of CO2 and other climate-warming gases, volcanic eruptions, land-cover change, and smoke and dust in the event of a major nuclear war. His research also included study of the causes of Bay Area air pollution, and he led a multi-DOE lab research program on acid deposition from 1976-79 and advised DOE on its climate change research program from 1978-93. He then served from 1993-97 as the first executive director of the interagency Office of the U.S. Global Change Research Program and from 1997-2001 of the National Assessment Coordination Office, before retiring from LLNL in 2002. In addition to his role with the Climate Institute, he has also served as president of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (2003-07), as an integration team member for the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (2002-04), and as an author, review editor, and reviewer in various of the four assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In addition to his research, he has submitted six legal declarations in support of national level efforts to limit climate change, and his declaration on standing relating to global climate change and impacts on particular regions was cited favorably by Supreme Court Justice Stevens in his April 2007 opinion in Massachusetts et al. versus EPA. Mike’s undergraduate degree is from Princeton University and his Ph.D. in applied science is from the University of California Davis.
Proposals
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Supporting
Retrofit diesel engines with black carbon filters as a project cost | Aug 15, 2014 |
Provide access to capital needed for US Post Office to take efficiency measures | Jan 28, 2015 |
Activities
Michael Maccracken voted for proposal Development of A Social Protection Index for Tourism Employment/Income Insurance | Jul 8, 2018 |
Michael Maccracken is no longer a team member of proposal Provide access to capital needed for US Post Office to take efficiency measures | Jan 28, 2015 |
Michael Maccracken is no longer a team member of proposal Retrofit diesel engines with black carbon filters as a project cost | Aug 15, 2014 |
Michael Maccracken is supporting proposal Retrofit diesel engines with black carbon filters as a project cost | Aug 15, 2014 |
Michael Maccracken updated a proposal Slow Thawing of Canadian Permafrost by Enhancing Hudson Bay Ice Cover | Aug 10, 2014 |
Michael Maccracken updated a proposal Provide access to capital needed for US Post Office to take efficiency measures | Aug 10, 2014 |
Michael Maccracken updated a proposal Phase out extractionof carbon-based fuels from public lands | Aug 10, 2014 |