Abrahm Lustgarten

At-a-Glance

Pulitzer Prize finalist (2016) for his series “Killing the Colorado”
Editor-at-large at ProPublica, leading climate strategy and investigations
Author of "On The Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America"
Author of "Run to Failure: BP and the Making of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster" and "China’s Great Train"
His investigations influenced the Bridgetown Initiative and President Biden's climate migration study group
Holds a master’s in journalism from Columbia University and a B.A. in Anthropology from Cornell

Biography

Abrahm Lustgarten is an award-winning investigative reporter, author, filmmaker, and public speaker specializing in human adaptation to climate change. As editor-at-large at ProPublica, he leads the organization’s climate strategy and oversees a team investigating the impacts and causes of climate change. He also trains journalists in cross-disciplinary communication about the climate crisis and frequently collaborates with the New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and PBS Frontline.