Hansen's new study explodes climate diplomacy goals

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ames Hansen’s new study explodes conventional goals of climate diplomacy and warns of three metre sea level rise before 2100.

However, the news is not all grim as Mark Hertsgaard reports on The Daily Beast that there is some good news - we can fix it!

Hansen, the former NASA scientist whose congressional testimony put global warming on the world’s agenda a quarter-century ago, is now warning that humanity could confront “sea level rise of several meters” before the end of the century unless greenhouse gas emissions are slashed much faster than currently contemplated.

This roughly three metres of sea level rise—well beyond previous estimates—would render coastal cities such as New York, London, and Shanghai uninhabitable.  “Parts of [our coastal cities] would still be sticking above the water,” Hansen says, “but you couldn’t live there.”

Read Hertsgaard’s story - “Climate Seer James Hansen Issues His Direst Forecast Yet”.