Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions Program
Earth Institute
Columbia University
475 Riverside Drive (Room 401-O)
New York, NY 10115 USA
E-mail: jeh1@columbia.edu
Beerling, D.J., E.P. Kantzas. M.R. Lomas, P. Wade, R.M.
Eufrasio, P. Renforth, B. Sarkar, M.G. Andrews, R.H. James, C.R. Pearce,
J.-F. Mercure, H. Pollitt, P.B. Holden, N.R. Edwards, M. Khanna, L.
Koh, S. Quegan, N.F. Pidgeon, I.A. Janssens, J. Hansen, and S.A.
Banwart, 2020: Potential for large-scale CO2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands, Nature 583, 242-248, doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2448-9.
On the webpage
"Updating the Climate Science: What Path is the Real World Following?",
Drs. Makiko Sato and James Hansen update figures in the book
Storms of My Grandchildren
(see LA Times review)
and present updated graphs and discussion of key quantities that help provide understanding of
how climate change is developing and how effective or ineffective global actions are in affecting
climate forcings and future climate change. A few errata in Storms are also provided.
Selected Presentations
February 29, 2012:
Why I Must Speak Out About Climate Change:
Presentation given at TED 2012 at Long Beach, California.
+ Download PDF, retouched (6 MB)
+ Download PPTX, retouched (6 MB)
+ TED video
+ YouTube video
Presentations
October 2018:
Aerosol Effects on Climate & Human Health: Urgent Research Needs
Presentation in Xi'an, China at AGU-CAS Meeting.
+ Download PPT (20 MB)
+ Download PDF (3.3 MB)
November 2017:
Young People's Burden: Averting Climate Disaster:
Presentation in Bonn, Germany, at COP-23.
+ Download PDF (1.5 MB)
December 2015:
Climate Change and Energy: How Can Justice Be Achieved for Young People and Nature?:
Presentation given in Beijing, China on Dec. 22
+ Download PDF (5.0 MB)
February 2014:
Symposium on a New Type of Major Power Relationship:
Presentation given at Counsellors Office of the State Council, Beijing, China on Feb. 24.
+ Download PDF (4.1 MB)
June 20, 2022
Washington Post: Robinson, To stop climate change, regulate carbon as a toxic substance
June 16, 2022
The Guardian: Harvey, Greenhouse gases must be legally phased out, US scientists argue
June 23, 2018
New York Times: Gillis, A Prophet of Doom Was Right About the Climate
June 20, 2018
New Yorker: Kolbert, Listening to James Hansen on Climate Change, Thirty Years Ago and Now
Yale Climate Connections: Sinclair, Judgment on Hansen's '88 climate testimony: 'He was right' [Video]
June 19, 2018
Guardian: Milman, Ex-Nasa scientist: 30 years on, world is failing 'miserably' to
address climate change
