James Hansen
James Hansen
James Edward Hansenis an American adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University. He is best known for his research in climatology, his 1988 Congressional testimony on climate change that helped raise broad awareness of global warming, and his advocacy of action to avoid dangerous climate change. In recent years he has become a climate activist to mitigate the effects of climate change, on a few occasions leading to his arrest...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth29 March 1941
CountryUnited States of America
They feel their job is to be this censor of information going out to the public.
He wanted it to be a scholarly book, ... I think if I had been a commercial writer, he would not have paid much attention. He's not interested in feature stories about him.
This is an authorized biography, and a lot of readers may suspect that that means that it will treat Neil with kid gloves, ... That's not the case. Neil gave me complete freedom of interpretation and analysis. All he wanted to do was have input to make sure my facts were straight.
It's not something you can adapt to. We can't let it go on another 10 years like this. We've got to do something.
The evidence for human-made climate change is overwhelming.
We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption.
The trains carrying coal to power plants are death trains. Coal-fired power plants are factories of death.
As you get more global warming, you should see an increase in the extremes of the hydrological cycle - droughts and floods and heavy precipitation.
Rising carbon price is essential to 'decarbonize' the economy - to remove the nation towards the era beyond fossil fuels.
I have been described as the grandfather of climate change. In fact, I am just a grandfather and I do not want my grandchildren to say that grandpa understood what was happening but didn't make it clear.
The urgency derives from the nearness of climate tipping points.
Well, you know what happens to crime when the heat goes up.
There is still time to act and avoid a worsening climate, but we are wasting precious time,
As species are exterminated by shifting climate zones, ecosystems can collapse, destroying more species.