Charles Fletcher is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, at the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. He is also the Vice-Chair of the Honolulu Climate Change Commission. His research focuses on Pacific paleo-sea level history, beach processes, and modeling the impacts of past, present and future sea level rise on island environments and communities. The results of his work are used by government agencies for policies and projects