--- title: "14 Years Quotes By James Hansen" description: "14 Years quotes by James Hansen. Plus more from James Hansen and more Years sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e5/james-hansen-7143_climate_the-five-year-mean-global-temperature-ha_280273.jpg" --- > [The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/the-five-year-mean-global-temperature-has-been-flat-for-the-last/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e5/james-hansen-7143_climate_the-five-year-mean-global-temperature-ha_280273.jpg) > [The five warmest years over the last century occurred in the last eight years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/the-five-warmest-years-over-the-last-century-occurred-in-the-last/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/james-hansen-7143_century_the-five-warmest-years-over-the-last-cen_834092.jpg) > [After spending three or four years interacting with the Bush administration, I realized they were not taking any actions to deal with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/after-spending-three-or-four-years-interacting-with-the-bush/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4d/james-hansen-7143_actions_after-spending-three-or-four-years-inter_1867138.jpg) > [The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade, which we interpret as a combination of natural variability and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/the-five-year-mean-global-temperature-has-been-flat-for-the-last-2/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e24/james-hansen-7143_climate_the-five-year-mean-global-temperature-ha_460984.jpg) > [Only in the last few years did the science crystallize, revealing the urgency - our planet really is in peril. If we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/only-in-the-last-few-years-did-the-science-crystallize-revealing-the/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/james-hansen-7143_children_only-in-the-last-few-years-did-the-scien_2105067.jpg) > [We have at most ten years—not ten years to decide upon action, but ten years to alter fundamentally the trajectory of global…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/we-have-at-most-ten-years-not-ten-years-to-decide-upon-action-but-ten/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e6/james-hansen-7143_action_we-have-at-most-ten-years-not-ten-years_1125854.jpg) > [With a fourth generation of nuclear power, you can have a technology that will burn more than 99 percent of the energy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/with-a-fourth-generation-of-nuclear-power-you-can-have-a-technology/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89e/james-hansen-7143_burn_with-a-fourth-generation-of-nuclear-powe_1781230.jpg) > [We cannot afford to put off change any longer. We have to get on a new path within this new administration. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/we-cannot-afford-to-put-off-change-any-longer-we-have-to-get-on-a-new/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/360/james-hansen-7143_administration_we-cannot-afford-to-put-off-change-any-l_2258351.jpg) > [We have at most ten years - not ten years to decide upon action, but ten years to alter fundamentally the trajectory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/we-have-at-most-ten-years-not-ten-years-to-decide-upon-action-but-ten-2/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c9/james-hansen-7143_action_we-have-at-most-ten-years-not-ten-years_3149482.jpg) > [The most difficult task, phase-out over the next 20-25 years of coal use that does not capture COâ‚‚, is Herculean, yet feasible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/the-most-difficult-task-phase-out-over-the-next-20-25-years-of-coal/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad5/james-hansen-7143_capture_the-most-difficult-task-phase-out-over-t_680667.jpg) > [Our analysis shows that, for the extreme hot weather of the recent past, there is virtually no explanation other than climate change.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/our-analysis-shows-that-for-the-extreme-hot-weather-of-the-recent/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/james-hansen-7143_analysis_our-analysis-shows-that-for-the-extreme_1947281.jpg) > [We have to, in the next ten years, begin to decrease the rate of carbon dioxide emissions and then flatten it out.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/we-have-to-in-the-next-ten-years-begin-to-decrease-the-rate-of-carbon/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/800/james-hansen-7143_carbon_we-have-to-in-the-next-ten-years-begin-t_2985355.jpg) > [It has become very difficult for anyone to argue that observed global warming is natural variability. We have good reason for being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/it-has-become-very-difficult-for-anyone-to-argue-that-observed-global/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22c/james-hansen-7143_able_it-has-become-very-difficult-for-anyone_1778457.jpg) > [Several times in Earth's history, rapid global warming occurred, apparently spurred by amplifying feedbacks. In each case, more than half of plant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/several-times-in-earth-s-history-rapid-global-warming-occurred/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f4/james-hansen-7143_animal_several-times-in-earth-s-history-rapid-g_2852975.jpg) ## Other authors on Years ## More by James Hansen > [Talking nice about sun and wind and green jobs is just greenwash.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/talking-nice-about-sun-and-wind-and-green-jobs-is-just-greenwash/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) > [What is frustrating people, me included, is that democratic action affects elections but what we get then from political leaders is greenwash.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/what-is-frustrating-people-me-included-is-that-democratic-action/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) > [The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/the-five-year-mean-global-temperature-has-been-flat-for-the-last/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) > [What makes tar sands particularly odious is that the energy you get out in the end, per unit carbon dioxide, is poor. It's equivalent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/what-makes-tar-sands-particularly-odious-is-that-the-energy-you-get/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) > [We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/we-are-on-the-precipice-of-climate-system-tipping-points-beyond-which/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) > [Jail threats did not dissuade Martin Luther King - and intergenerational justice is a moral issue of comparable magnitude to civil rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/jail-threats-did-not-dissuade-martin-luther-king-and/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) > [The United States did not sign Kyoto, yet its emissions are not that different from the countries that did sign it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/the-united-states-did-not-sign-kyoto-yet-its-emissions-are-not-that/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) > [The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade, which we interpret as a combination of natural variability and a slow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/the-five-year-mean-global-temperature-has-been-flat-for-the-last-2/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) > [Rising carbon price is essential to 'decarbonize' the economy - to remove the nation towards the era beyond fossil fuels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/rising-carbon-price-is-essential-to-decarbonize-the-economy-to-remove/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) > [Policy decisions on climate change are being deliberated every day by those without full knowledge of the science, and often with intentional misinformation spawned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/policy-decisions-on-climate-change-are-being-deliberated-every-day-by/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) > [ Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now \[with climate change\], yet… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/imagine-a-giant-asteroid-on-a-direct-collision-course-with-earth-that/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) > [The most difficult task, phase-out over the next 20-25 years of coal use that does not capture COâ‚‚, is Herculean, yet feasible when compared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/the-most-difficult-task-phase-out-over-the-next-20-25-years-of-coal/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) > [As species are exterminated by shifting climate zones, ecosystems can collapse, destroying more species.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/as-species-are-exterminated-by-shifting-climate-zones-ecosystems-can/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) > [I think we have a very brief window of opportunity to deal with climate change... no longer than a decade, at the most.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/i-think-we-have-a-very-brief-window-of-opportunity-to-deal-with/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) > [The climate system is being pushed hard enough that change will become obvious to the man in the street in the next decade.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/the-climate-system-is-being-pushed-hard-enough-that-change-will/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/years/james-hansen/#itemlist", "name": "14 Years Quotes By James Hansen", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Hansen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/the-five-year-mean-global-temperature-has-been-flat-for-the-last/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e5/james-hansen-7143_climate_the-five-year-mean-global-temperature-ha_280273.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e5/james-hansen-7143_climate_the-five-year-mean-global-temperature-ha_280273.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e5/james-hansen-7143_climate_the-five-year-mean-global-temperature-ha_280273.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade” — James Hansen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The five warmest years over the last century occurred in the last eight years.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Hansen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/the-five-warmest-years-over-the-last-century-occurred-in-the-last/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/james-hansen-7143_century_the-five-warmest-years-over-the-last-cen_834092.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/james-hansen-7143_century_the-five-warmest-years-over-the-last-cen_834092.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/james-hansen-7143_century_the-five-warmest-years-over-the-last-cen_834092.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The five warmest years over the last century occurred in the last eight years.” — James Hansen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "After spending three or four years interacting with the Bush administration, I realized they were not taking any actions to deal with climate change. 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We are near a tipping point, a point of no return, beyond which the built in momentum and feedbacks will carry us to levels of climate change with staggering consequences for humanity and all of the residents of this planet.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Hansen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/we-have-at-most-ten-years-not-ten-years-to-decide-upon-action-but-ten-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c9/james-hansen-7143_action_we-have-at-most-ten-years-not-ten-years_3149482.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c9/james-hansen-7143_action_we-have-at-most-ten-years-not-ten-years_3149482.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c9/james-hansen-7143_action_we-have-at-most-ten-years-not-ten-years_3149482.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We have at most ten years - not ten years to decide upon action, but ten years to alter fundamentally the…” — James Hansen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The most difficult task, phase-out over the next 20-25 years of coal use that does not capture COâ‚‚, is Herculean, yet feasible when compared with the efforts that went into World War II. The stakes, for all life on the planet, surpass those of any previous crisis. The greatest danger is continued ignorance and denial, which could make tragic consequences unavoidable.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Hansen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/the-most-difficult-task-phase-out-over-the-next-20-25-years-of-coal/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad5/james-hansen-7143_capture_the-most-difficult-task-phase-out-over-t_680667.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad5/james-hansen-7143_capture_the-most-difficult-task-phase-out-over-t_680667.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad5/james-hansen-7143_capture_the-most-difficult-task-phase-out-over-t_680667.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The most difficult task, phase-out over the next 20-25 years of coal use that does not capture COâ‚‚, is…” — James Hansen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our analysis shows that, for the extreme hot weather of the recent past, there is virtually no explanation other than climate change. The deadly European heat wave of 2003, the fiery Russian heat wave of 2010 and catastrophic droughts in Texas and Oklahoma last year [2011] can each be attributed to climate change. The odds that natural variability created these extremes are minuscule, vanishingly small. 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