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The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade
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James Hansen
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: March 29
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Denison
Iowa
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'Goals' and 'caps' on carbon emissions are practically worthless, if coal emissions continue, because of the exceedingly long lifetime of carbon dioxide in the air.
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The 5-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade, which we interpret as a combination of natural variability and a slow down in the growth rate of net climate forcing.
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The trains carrying coal to power plants are death trains. Coal-fired power plants are factories of death.
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Adding CO2 to the air is like throwing another blanket on the bed.
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It would be immoral to leave young people with a climate system spiraling out of control.
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...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 spreading doubt about global warming in the same way that tobacco companies blurred the links between smoking and cancer.
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I tend to be naive and gullible, I guess, but I try to believe that governments believe what they say.
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A level of no more than 350 ppm is still feasible, with the help of reforestation and improved agricultural practices, but just barely - time is running out.
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We have known since the 1800s that carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere. The right amount keeps the climate conducive to human life.
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The five warmest years over the last century occurred in the last eight years.
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I think we have a very brief window of opportunity to deal with climate change. No longer than a decade at most.
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The forcings that drive long-term climate change are not known with an accuracy sufficient to define future climate change.
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We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption.
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If we fail to act, we will end up with a different planet.
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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 of these events is increasing you can blame on global warming.
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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 CEOs should be tried for high crimes against humanity and nature.
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Rising carbon price is essential to 'decarbonize' the economy - to remove the nation towards the era beyond fossil fuels.
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