Dr. James E. Hansen
Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions Program
Earth Institute
Columbia University
475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10115 USA
E-mail: jeh1@columbia.edu
"Storms of My Grandchildren", by James Hansen
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.
Recent Communications
Dr. Hansen periodically posts commentary on his recent papers and presentations and on other topics of interest to an e-mail list and to the CSAS blog. To receive announcements of new postings, please click here.
- January 16, 2015: Global Temperature in 2014 and 2015.
- January 12, 2015: Golden Opportunity.
- December 23, 2014: Assuring Real Progress on Climate.
- November 18, 2014: Earning Our Children's Trust.
- October 20, 2014: Rain-Making and Benefunder.
Selected Presentations
- February 29, 2012:
Why I Must Speak Out About Climate Change:
Presentation given at TED 2012 at Long Beach, California.
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+ TED video
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Near Future Presentations
- November 9, 2014 (Sun.): Climate, Energy, Human Health, Development and Global Justice. Presentation given at Justice in Development: Confronting Illicit Financial Flows and Climate Change, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Recent Presentations
- February 2014:
Symposium on a New Type of Major Power Relationship:
Presentation given at Counsellors Office of the State Council, Beijin, China on Feb. 24.
+ Download PDF (3.5 MB) - December 2013:
Minimizing Irreversible Impacts of Human-Made Climate Change:
Presentation given at AGU Fall Meeting on Dec. 12.
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- September 2012:
A New Age of Risk:
Presentation given at Columbia University on Sep. 22.
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Recent TV Appearance
in Recent News
- November 3, 2013: "Top climate scientists ask environmentalists to support nuclear power in climate battle" [Washington Post, originally from Associated Press]
Recent Video
December 2012: Discussion at Climate One about Superstorm Sandy and Carbon Pricing.
Recent Scholarly Publications
- Hansen, J., P. Kharecha, M. Sato, V. Masson-Delmotte, et al., Assessing "Dangerous Climate Change": Required Reduction of Carbon Emissions to Protect Young People, Future Generations and Nature. PLOS ONE, 8, e81468.
- Hansen, J., M. Sato, G. Russell, and P. Kharecha, 2013: Climate sensitivity, sea level, and atmospheric carbon dioxide. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 371, 20120294, doi:10.1098/rsta.2012.0294.
Other Recent Publications
April 4, 2013: Keystone XL: The pipeline to disaster. Op-ed in the Los Angeles Times.
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