Ilissa Ocko

Dr. Ilissa Ocko is an applied climate scientist passionate about identifying and facilitating the most effective and pragmatic solutions to the current climate crisis. Her research explores the impacts of human-emitted climate pollutants and their mitigation on climate change both during our lifetimes and for generations to come.

Dr. Ocko works closely with policy and business experts, economists, lawyers, and other scientists to translate the best available climate science into actionable strategies to curb climate change particularly in the coming decades.

She is extremely passionate about communicating climate change science to non-experts using plain language, powerful visuals, and storytelling, and an avid creator of her own graphics and animations.