James Hansen

James Hansen

Birth : 1941-03-29, Denison, Iowa, USA

History

James Hansen is an American adjunct professor directing the Program on Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is best known for his research in climatology, his 1988 Congressional testimony on climate change that helped raise broad awareness of global warming, and his advocacy of action to avoid dangerous climate change. In recent years he has become a climate activist to mitigate the effects of climate change, on a few occasions leading to his arrest.

Profile

James Hansen

Movies

Climate Change: The Facts
Climate Change: The Facts
Self
After one of the hottest years on record, Sir David Attenborough looks at the science of climate change and potential solutions to this global threat. Interviews with some of the world’s leading climate scientists explore recent extreme weather conditions such as unprecedented storms and catastrophic wildfires. They also reveal what dangerous levels of climate change could mean for both human populations and the natural world in the future.
Sea Blind, the Price of Shipping Our Stuff
Sea Blind, the Price of Shipping Our Stuff
Himself
17 of the largest ships emit more sulfur than all the cars on the planet. How is this possible?
Greedy Lying Bastards
Greedy Lying Bastards
Self (archive footage)
What happens when an industry has too much power? "Greedy Lying Bastards" presents a searing indictment of the influence, deceit and corruption that defines the fossil fuel industry.
Cool It
Cool It
Self - Director, NASA Institute for Space Studies
A documentary that takes an alternative approach to dealing with the global warming crisis.
Everything's Cool
Everything's Cool
Self (archive footage)
In this documentary, filmmakers Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand (Blue Vinyl) follow a troupe of self-proclaimed global warming "warriors" on a mission to get the world to care about rising temperatures and melting polar ice caps. Taking a topic that's inherently serious and applying their signature blend of humor and emotional heft, Gold and Helfand advance the environmental dialogue in a surprisingly entertaining way.