Kristina Dahl

Kristina Dahl, Ph.D. is the vice president for science at Climate Central. In this role, she leads Climate Central’s scientific activities and helps design analyses that enable people across the world to connect their lived experiences to climate change.

Over the course of her career, Dr. Dahl has researched a range of different climate impacts, from the effects of extreme heat on outdoor workers to the connection between heat-trapping emissions and worsening wildfires. Prior to joining Climate Central, she served as a principal climate scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, where her work supported the development of climate-aware public policy at the local, state, and federal levels. In 2023, she was named a TIME100 Next Innovator.

Dr. Dahl holds a B.A. in earth sciences from Boston University and a Ph.D. in paleoclimate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program. She has extensive experience working with print, radio, and broadcast TV reporters and communicating about a wide range of climate-related issues. She has been interviewed and quoted by prominent outlets, including The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, PBS NewsHour, NPR, USA Today, and People.