Can we still avoid dangerous human-made climate change?

Dr James Hansen, physicist, adjunct professor: Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, director: NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Science and their lead climate scientist spoke to a packed lecture theatre at Bristol University on Friday (17Nov06). Outside the scientific community Hansen is probably best known for accusing the Bush administration of trying to silence him after he gave a lecture December 2005 calling for prompt reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases linked to global warming.

Hansen believes we can avoid dangerous human-made climate change, and also that there isn’t enough conventional oil and gas to cause dangerous human-made climate change. The critical point to address is global coal use.

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