Professor Pierre Freidlingstein FRS

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Professor Pierre Freidlingstein FRS
Last modified: April 23, 2026

Professor Pierre Freidlingstein FRS

Chair in Mathematical Modelling of the Climate System

University of Exeter


Pierre has over 30 years research experience in the field of global carbon cycle and global climate change modelling. He published around 250 peer-reviewed articles including many in high profile journals. Pierre received the Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Medal of the European Geosciences Union in 2020 and the Alexander von Humbold Research award in 2019. He leads the Global Carbon Budget, an effort that provides reliable carbon cycle information to assist international climate policy. He has been actively involved in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).