Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions Program
Earth Institute
Columbia University
475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10115 USA
E-mail: jeh1@columbia.edu
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.
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July 18, 2017:
"Burden" paper published.
June 30, 2017:
Sophie's Op-Ed in the Morning Call.
March 29, 2017:
Sophie Sez #3: $1,000 for you - and a better world for your children.
(Transcript)
March 2, 2017:
Sophie Sez #2: Obama Missed A Golden Opportunity - but We Can Still Win!
(Transcript)
February 15, 2017:
Sophie Sez #1: You loaded 16 tons, what do you get?
(Transcript)
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
Near Future Presentations
Recent Presentations
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)
December 2013:
Minimizing Irreversible Impacts of Human-Made Climate Change:
Presentation given at AGU Fall Meeting on Dec. 12.
+ Download PDF (4.3 MB)
September 2012:
A New Age of Risk:
Presentation given at Columbia University on Sep. 22.
+ Download PDF (2.1 MB)
+ Download PPT (2.5 MB)
Hansen, J., M. Sato, P. Kharecha, K. von Schuckmann, D.J. Beerling, J. Cao, S. Marcott, V. Masson-Delmotte, M.J. Prather, E.J. Rohling, J. Shakun, P. Smith, A. Lacis, G. Russell, and R. Ruedy, 2017:
Young people's burden: requirement of negative CO2 emissions. Earth Syst. Dynam., 8, 577-616, doi:10.5194/esd-8-577-2017.
Cao, J, A. Cohen, J. Hansen, R. Lester, P. Peterson and H. Xu , 2016: China-U.S. cooperation to advance nuclear power. Science, 353, 547-548. doi: 10.1126/science.aaf7131.
Get a PDF from Scholarly Publications page
Taylor, L.L., J. Quirk, R.M.S. Thorley, P.A. Kharecha, J. Hansen, A. Ridgwell, M.R. Lomas, S.A. Banwart, D.J. Beerling, 2016:
Enhanced weathering strategies for stabilizing climate and averting ocean acidification.
Nature Climate Change, 6, 402-406. doi:10.1038/nclimate2882.
Hansen, J., M. Sato, P. Hearty, R. Ruedy, et al., 2016:
Ice melt, sea level rise and superstorms:
evidence from paleoclimate data, climate modeling, and modern observations that 2°C global warming could be dangerousa
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 3761-3812. doi:10.5194/acp-16-3761-2016.
Hansen, J. & M. Sato, 2016:
Regional Climate Change and National Responsibilities Environ. Res. Lett. 11 034009 (9 pp.), doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/034009.
