Dr. James Hansen and his granddaughter, Sophie Kivlehan, confront the world leaders with the truth of the burden being placed on young people. (RCP is defined here https://youtu.be/4dSe1vCHUto?t=7m0s) You will find this Climate Matters show, videotaped at COP-23 in Bonn, Germany, to be most pertinent and pointed.
Sign up for Dr. James Hansen's email list to receive his latest communications: http://bit.ly/1UzeHI1 We made a video discussing some of the main points in our "Ice Melt" paper[1], which is about to be published in Atmos. Phys. Chem.
James Hansen, Pam Peterson, and Philip Duffy join us to discuss how the hesitancy among scientists to express the gravity of our situation is a major block to our understanding and response to climate change, The reticence results from a combination of factors: political pressure, institutional conservatism, the desire to avoid controversy, aspiring to objectivity, etc.
Science, economics and common sense reveal a simple path to clean carbon-free energy and a bright future for young people. "Carbon Fee & Dividend" is simple and honest, moves us to clean energy, benefitting the public and the planet.
In May 2011, a hatch of unprecedented legal actions took place across the United States - youth from around the country were taking their governments to court for failure to protect their atmosphere for future generations. The basis of their legal actions was the Public Trust Doctrine. "A Climate of TRUST" is a story about the scientists who developed the scientific prescriptions needed for a climate recovery plan, the attorney who figured out how to apply the Public Trust Doctrine to the atmosphere, and one of the attorneys who is supporting these youth in court.
In order to preserve and restore our atmosphere, we need to return atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to 350 ppm, and in order to do that, we need massive reforestation and climate recovery plans. We need it NOW!
Climate Matters - In this show from COP-23, James Hansen and Michael Shellenberger present a compelling case for re-evaluating the role that a modern generation of nuclear power must play in the world's energy mix if we are to avert a climate catastrophe of immense proportions.
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https://www.facebook.com/jimehansen/ Summary. The average American injects 16 tons of fossil fuel CO2 into the air every year. This creates a large debt for young people, which they must pay off by extracting CO2 from the air. There are beneficial quasi-natural ways of drawing down CO2, but their potential is limited.
Young people, threatened with inheriting climate chaos and sea level rising out of control, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government. The Obama Administration missed a great opportunity to settle the case in a way that could have constrained later administrations to reduce CO2 emissions at the rate Secretary of State John Kerry proposed in 2016.
Abstract for Regional Climate Change and National Responsibilities, published in Environmental Research Letters: Global warming over the past several decades is now large enough that regional climate change is emerging above the noise of natural variability, especially in the summer at middle latitudes and year-round at low latitudes.
Dr. James Hansen and his legal advisor, Daniel Galpern, Esq., discuss making the fossil fuel companies, the 'Carbon Majors', pay for the damage they have done to society, not only in terms of climate change and all of its impacts, but also health impacts.
Uploaded by Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions on 2017-07-18.