Rafe Pomerance

Rafe Pomerance, 79, died on May 21, 2026. Rafe Pomerance was known publicly as an American climate change activist. He is a Distinguished Senior Arctic Policy Fellow of the Woodwell Climate Research Center. Since the late 1970s, he has played a key role in raising awareness of the risks of climate change for United States policy-makers. His role during the period 1979 to 1989 is detailed in the book Losing Earth, by Nathaniel Rich. Public biographical listings identify Pomerance as an American climate change activist. This public record remains centered on Pomerance's work as an American climate change activist and the documented milestones of that career.