James Hansen Quotes

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• ...the global surface albedo [surface whiteness] and greenhouse gas changes account for practically the entire global climate change.
• The climate is nearing tipping points. Changes are beginning to appear and there is a potential for explosive changes, effects that would be irreversible, if…
• The greatest danger hanging over our children and grandchildren is initiation of changes that will be irreversible on any time scale that humans can imagine.
• Burning all the fossil fuels will destroy the planet we know, Creation, the planet of stable climate in which civilization developed.
• ...99 percent confident that the world really was getting warmer and that there was a high degree of probability that it was due to human-made…
• The last time the world was three degrees warmer than today-which is what we expect later this century-sea levels were 25m higher. So that is…
• Coral reefs, the rain forest of the ocean, are home for one-third of the species of the sea. Coral reefs are under stress for several…
• CEOs of fossil energy companies know what they are doing and are aware of long-term consequences of continued business as usual. In my opinion, these…
• ...chief executives of large fossil fuel companies to [should] be put on trial for high crimes against humanity and nature; [Hansen] accusing them of actively…
• Politicians think that if matters look difficult, compromise is a good approach. Unfortunately, nature and the laws of physics cannot compromise - they are what…
• Policy decisions on climate change are being deliberated every day by those without full knowledge of the science, and often with intentional misinformation spawned by…
• We cannot afford to put off change any longer. We have to get on a new path within this new administration. We have only four…
• The evidence for human-made climate change is overwhelming.
• 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…
• Global warming isn't a prediction. It is happening.
• We're handing them [young people & future generations] a climate system which is potentially out of their control. We're in an emergency: you can see…
• Scientists will say we can't blame global warming for any single event. In a sense that's right, but the fact that the frequency and intensity…
• Several times in Earth's history, rapid global warming occurred, apparently spurred by amplifying feedbacks. In each case, more than half of plant and animal species…
• Rising carbon price is essential to 'decarbonize' the economy - to remove the nation towards the era beyond fossil fuels.
• Cap and trade generates special interests, lobbyists, and trading schemes, yielding non-productive millionaires, all at public expense. The public is fed up with such business.…

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