Media Director
Climate Central
Tom Di Liberto is a climate scientist and award-winning science communicator who serves as the media director for the nonprofit Climate Central helping to communicate the risks of, and solutions to, climate change. Previously, he worked as a climate scientist and public affairs specialist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Communication at NOAA headquarters until he was fired in February 2025.
As part of NOAA’s Ocean Today’s studio, he also wrote and starred in NOAA’s first ever animated series Teek and Tom Explore Planet Earth. Previously he served as the senior climate scientist for NOAA’s Climate.gov and social media editor for the NOAAClimate accounts on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
In addition to his work at NOAA, Tom also served as the lead of the Department of State’s U.S. Center at the United Nations climate change conference COP29 in 2024. The U.S. Center is the premiere public face of the U.S. government at the UN Climate conference. As lead, Tom designed every aspect of the center from the build to the schedule to planning every event that took place. He previously served as emcee of the Department of State’s U.S. Center at the United Nations climate change conferences COP21, COP22, COP26, COP27 and COP28 where he helped lead the U.S. government’s public outreach space during the negotiations.
Attribution Science: Communicating the Link Between Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Friday, September 12, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT