“Global Warming Has Accelerated: An Intimate Conversation with Leading Climate Scientists”
Join the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) for an engaging discussion on groundbreaking research that reveals the unexpected drivers behind the recent unprecedented rise in global temperatures. Dr. Hansen’s latest paper highlights how reduced shipborne aerosol emissions, combined with a weak El Niño, have propelled global warming to alarming levels, with temperatures now oscillating near +1.5°C. This warming intensifies extreme weather events, accelerates polar ice melt, and threatens a potential Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) shutdown within decades.
This event will explore these findings, their implications for climate sensitivity, and the urgent need for alternative approaches to mitigate the looming "point of no return." It will be moderated by Professor Jeffrey Sachs and feature interventions by the following individuals:
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Dr. James Hansen, Lead Author and Director, Climate Science, Awareness, and Solutions, Columbia University Earth Institute
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Pushker Kharecha, Deputy Director, Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions, Columbia University Earth Institute
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Susanne Bauer, Climate Researcher, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
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Anton Keskinen, Executive Director, Operaatio Arktis
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