photo

Dr. James E. Hansen

Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions Program
Earth Institute
Columbia University
475 Riverside Drive (Room 520-C)
New York, NY 10115 USA
E-mail: jeh1@columbia.edu

Home | Communications | Facebook | Twitter | Presentations | Photos, Video & Audio | Scholarly Publications | Other Publications | CV | TED |

Visit our Data & Figures, Earth Institute and CSAS.org Websites.

Sign up for my occasional Communications here.

Recent Communications

  • December 9, 2024 Climate Change at the International Court of Justice
  • July 12, 2024: Reflections on Time Scales and Butterflies
  • June 27, 2024: The World Will Cool Off - A Bit - And Other Good News!
  • May 30, 2024: Sophie's Planet and Terminations
  • May 16, 2024: Comments on Global Warming Acceleration, Sulfur Emissions, Observations

    Go to older Communications

    Videos

  • November, 2023: Global warming in the pipeline webinar
  • November, 2017: Scientific Reticence: A Threat to Humanity and Nature. Jim Hansen/Pam Pearson/Philip Duffy press conference at COP-23 in Bonn, Germany on 10 November.
  • November, 2017: Nuclear Power? Are Renewables Enough? Michael Shellenberger/Jim Hansen press conference at COP-23 in Bonn, Germany on 8 November.
  • July, 2017: Video for "Young People's Burden"
  • March, 2017: Sophie Sez #3: $1,000 for you - and a better world for your children. (Transcript)
  • March, 2017: Sophie Sez #2: Obama Missed A Golden Opportunity - but We Can Still Win! (Transcript)

    → Go to older video

    Google Scholar

    Recent Scholarly Publications

  • Hansen, J.E., M. Sato, L. Simons, L.S. Nazarenko, I. Sangha, P. Kharecha, et al. 2023: Global warming in the pipeline, Oxford Open Climate Change, 3, Issue 1, kgad008.
  • Li, J., B.E. Carlson, Y.L. Yung, D. Lv, J. Hansen, et al. 2022: Scattering and Absorbing Aerosols in the Climate System, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 3, 363–379.
  • Hansen, J., 2021: Foreword: Uncensored science is crucial for global conservation, In DellaSala DA (ed). Conservation Science and Advocacy for a Planet in Peril. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2021,451 pp.
  • 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.
  • Rye, C.D., J.Marshall, M. Kelley, G. Russell, L.S. Nazarenko, Y. Kostov, G.A.Schmidt, and J. Hansen, 2020: Antarctic Glacial Melt as a Driver of Recent Southern Ocean Climate Trends, Geophysical Research Letters 47, 11, doi: 10.1029/2019GL086892.

    → Go to older publications

    Popular Publications

  • April 11, 2022: Nuclear power must be part of New York's energy solution, Commentary in Albany Times Union.
  • September 8, 2021: A carbon tax is key to addressing the climate crisis -- and carbon dividends could get Congress to support one, Op-ed with Jonathan Marshall in the Boston Globe.
  • June 1, 2021: Biden should impose a carbon fee immediately, Op-ed with Daniel M. Galpern in the Boston Globe.
  • September 9, 2020: A socially and environmentally just way to flight climate change. Op-ed with Daniel H. Miller in the Boston Globe.
  • October 10, 2019: Fueling the next Rim fire, Op-ed with Chad Hanson in LA Times.

    → Go to older popular publications

    "Storms of My Grandchildren" by James Hansen

    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)

  • March, 2017: How Can Young People Take Charge of Their Future? Video taken at Williams College, MA on March 8

  • 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)

    → Go to older presentations

    TV and Radio Appearance

  • April 7, 2017: TED Radio Hour: What Makes A Scientist Take A Stand?.
  • December 4, 2015: Amy Goodman interview in Paris
  • July 26, 2015: 1 p.m. CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS

    in News

    November 2, 2023
    Guardian: Oliver Milman, Global heating is accelerating, warns scientist who sounded clmate alarm in the 80s

    November 2, 2023
    Washington Post: Kasha Patel and Shannon Osaka, Famed Climate Scientist has a new, dire prediction

    October 7, 2023
    New York Times: Nadja Popovich and Adam Pearce, It's Not Your Imagination. Summers Are Getting Hotter

    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

    → Go to older news articles

    Home | Communications | Facebook | Presentations | Photos, Video & Audio | Scholarly Publications | Other Publications | CV | TED |

    This page last updated Wednesday, 29-Sep-2021 14:09:44 EDT

    StatCounter - Free Web Tracker and Counter
    • 0