Inez Fung
Professor, Atmospheric Science
UC Berkeley
Topic: Climate Accords and Climate Pacts: Trust but Verify
Inez Fung has been studying climate change, the carbon cycle, and their interactions for over 40 years. She is a Professor of Atmospheric Science in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science and the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at the University of California, Berkeley. Fung received her S.B. in Applied Mathematics (1971) and her Sc.D. in Meteorology (1977) from MIT. Among her numerous honors are membership of the US National Academy of Sciences; the Royal Society, London; and Academia Sinica (Taiwan). She was the US lead for the 2014 joint NAS-Royal Society study “Climate Change: Evidence and Causes” and its 2020 update.
Fung is a subject in a biography series for middle-school-aged readers, “Women’s Adventures in Science”, launched by the National Academy of Sciences. The title of her biography is “Forecast Earth”. She was also featured in a short youtube video sponsored by WIRED magazine: “What could happen in a world that’s 4 degrees warmer?”.