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February 2024

English
English

Article by Zoe Schlanger on "If Trumps wins - climate"





November 2023
English

Book review: Folding the World (7 min, mpg)




October 2023
English

Podcast WDR Quarks:
Book: Folding the World (40 min, mpg)





October 2023
English

Spiegel Interview:
"Grenzen sind nicht das Ende unseres Wohlstands, sondern dessen Garant." (Buch: Die Faltung der Welt)
"Boundaries are not the end of our prosperity, but their guarantee." (Book: Folding the World)





September 2023
English

re:publica Hamburg 2023:
Folding the World (Die Faltung der Welt)
(60 min)





July 2023


Mosse Lecture on Folding the World (Die Faltung der Welt)
(1h15min talk and 45min Q&A)

» Audio-only recording aired on national radio, 53 MB)




June 2023


re:publica 2023: Folding the World (Die Faltung der Welt)
(30 min)





April 2023


taz Laboratory 2023:
Interview on Folding the World (Die Faltung der Welt)
(50 min)





March 2023
English
» Dresdner Rede:
» Climate change and it solution through
» Folding the World (Die Faltung der Welt).
» Audio recording





February 2023
English
English
» Interview: Solving the climate crisis with Folding.





December 2022
English English
English
» Article: Solving the climate crisis can lead us into a bright future





November 2022
English English English
» 2-hour interview on a new narrative for society:
The folding of the world

» Interview (mp3)
» Related newspaper articles:
» Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
» Die Zeit




February 2022
English
English
» Interview in economics section on publication "The effect of rainfall changes on economic production"

» Scientific publication



January 2022


"When this is melted away, the doors are open."
Radio interview on Antarctic sea level contribution (mp3)




November 2021
English

Interview on national prime-time television on climate conference COP26
(mp4, 100 MB)




August 2021


Interview on national prime-time television on IPCC-AR6 (mp4, 370 MB)





August 2021
English

Cover story on climate tipping points (pdf)




July 2021
English
English
» "The Folding of the World" article on a new rarrative for society
(jpg) (pdf)
» Article combined with Interview in "Die Zeit" on the "The Folding Principle" (pdf)




June 2021
English
English
» Interview in Economics Section on a new narrative for our society: "The Principle of Folding"
(jpg) (pdf)
» Interview plus corresponding article in FAZ "The Folding of the World" (pdf)




May 2021

Student lecture on tipping points.
German, very slow and long (mp4, 800 MB)





November 2020
English
English
Interview zum Grundsatzprogamm Parteitag von Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen
(jpg)




November 2020

Talk at the National Convention of the Green Party
(Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen) #dbdk20
(mp4)




August 2020
English English
"Interview am Morgen"





February 2020
English
English

Interview: "Paris climate agreement can be kept within capitalism."





December 2019

Does climate change allow for freedom of travel?
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» An artikel about climate change and freedom.



December 2019


German tabloid: "Climate data forces us to action."




December 2019


Radio interview on Venice & the German climate law




November 2019


Interview "Venice will be under the sea."
(1 million hits: most-clicked science article of the year in German weekly)




September 2019

BBC documentary on climate change adapted for German television.




September 2019


German climate law: "A clear political failure."




September 2019

Radio interview on German climate law. (mp3)



September 2019


"The flood" interview on sea level rise




August 2019

Interview: "A bad conscience does not help.
We need a societal consensus."




July 2019


"Can snow canons save Antarctica?"
»Illustration of method to stabilize the West
Antarctic ice sheet by snowing onto the ice sheet.


» Original publication in Science Advances
» Media coverage (selection):
New York Times | Tagesschau | Handelsblatt | The Guardian | Vice | Time magazine | Grist | Times of India | Reuters | The Times | New Scientist | Canadian Broadcasting Coorporation | FAZ | Süddeutsche Zeitung | Business Standard | Hamburger Morgenpost | The Sun | Der Standard | Mashable | CNN | The Hindu | The Jakarta Post | The Japan Times | The New Economy



June 2019

"The climate problem cannot be solved by abstinence. Everyone's responsibility is to make climate protection a societal consensus."
Interview with leading German tabloid.




June 2019

German Chancellor Angela Merkel:
Two-hour briefing at Potsdam Institute covering topics from weather extremes, economic damages of climate change and a reform of carbon pricing in Germany, Europe and globally.



June 2019

Article: "We need a societal climate consensus more than the call for individual abstinence."



June 2019

Radio interview on Antarctic instabilties.

mp3 and related press release.



March 2019


» Article online



February 2019

Radio interview on North American cold and Australian heat. (mp3)




January 2019
English
English English




December 2018

"The realist" - TV portrait of Prof. Levermann.



November 2018

Hearing at German Parliament Bundestag
"If we want to stabilize the temperature of the planet at all, we have to go to zero carbon emissions"


» The full two-hour hearing can be found here.


My specific answers to the different questions can
be found here:
» Introductory remarks

» 1st answer

» 2nd answer

» 3rd answer

» 4th answer

» 5th answer

» 6th answer

» All of my answers together




November 2018

Cover story on climate change and sea level rise
» English version

» Deutsche Originalversion



October 2018



Interview on climate change, cultural heritage
and the economy



October 2018


Radio interview on jet stream, the Arctic, weather
extremes and the climate solution



October 2018


National TV: "Abstinence is not the solution."



October 2018


"The end of the world as we know it."



September 2018


National TV: Interview on climatic tipping



July 2018


'Faster than allowed'
Article on Greenland ice sheet and sea-level rise

(pdf)



July 2018

30 min radio interview on everything




May 2018


» Associated scientific article



May 2018


» Article online
» Associated scientific article



April 2018

National TV: interview on climate and coal



February 2018


Two-hour radio interview on life, climate, civil war and the importance of facts. (mp3)



January 2018


Future river flood risk under warming.



January 2018

Future river flood risk under warming: global adaptation required until 2040 to stay protected.
» Media coverage: Click logo for media link.

» Original scientific article: here




December 2017


Public discussion on the article



November 2017

German national TV talkshow on climate & society
(60 min.)




November 2017

National TV interview on COP23 climate conference in Bonn, Germany
(video)



November 2017


US Radio interview on Bonn climate negotiations
(mp3)



October 2017


Interview with Christian missionary journal on climate change and society




September 2017


Interview on Hurricane Irma and Climate Change




September 2017


Radio interview on hurricane season
(mp3)



September 2017


Canadian Broadcast Corporation: Interview on Hurricane Irma and climate change
Transcript



September 2017


Interview on Hurricane Irma



July 2017


Radio interview on Huge Antarctic iceberg from Larsen C iceshelf
(mpg)



July 2017

German National News: Interview on Larsen C iceberg and sea level rise




June 2017
"We are not very good at predicting industrial revolutions".


TV Interview at World Exhibition in Astana, Kazastan




Mai 2017
German national coastal protection agency expects faster sea-level rise than IPCC-AR5.


German national TV news - Tagesthemen: How long can we protect our coasts?
Radio interview on the topic



April 2017


Radio interview on report of Arctic Council
(mpg)



March 2017


Radio interview on: Arctic heat wave and weather extremes
(mpg)



February 2017

Radio interview on Trump's war on enlightment



January 2017


Interview on climate change and its urgency
(pdf)




January 2017


US Radio interview on Trump administration and climate
(mp3)



January 2017




Radio interview on: Trump's silencing of the US-rangers



January 2017




Radio interview on: US research and Trump's administration



December 2016


Front-page article:
"La planète enregistre un recul inédit de ses banquises"
(pdf)




December 2016

Climate under presidents Obama & Trump:
TV interview on German national morning show




December 2016


German Interview:
'Irgendwann gibt es Hamburg nicht mehr.'
(pdf)




November 2016


Open Letter to Donald Trump ('prominent signer'):
'Respect scientific integrety and independence'




October 2016


German Interview on Hurricane Matthew




September 2016


German Interview on delaying future sea level rise by pumping ocean water onto Antarctica
» Long version in zeozwei

» Short version in taz




May 2016


German article on East Antarctica




March 2016


"This mind-boggling study shows just how massive sea level rise really is"
Chris Mooney on our study "Delaying future sea-level rise by storing water on Antarctica".




January 2016


German interview on Paris climate agreement
(pdf)



December 2015
Talk at climate conference in Paris COP-21

COP-21: Dr Anders Levermann - Western Antartica Instability



December 2015

Live radio interview (German):
"War das Pariser Klimaabkommen der Durchbruch?"




December 2015

German national television program on Paris climate agreement
(90 min.)




December 2015


"The troubling science that's pushing the world toward a much tougher climate goal"




December 2015


Climate conference in Paris COP-21



December 2015


Interview on Paris climate agreement




November 2015

Interview prior to Climate conference in Paris COP-21



November 2015

Impact of future sea-level commitment on cities worldwide if no adaptation measures are taken.
» Scientific report
» City maps
» Pictures of iconic places
» Fly-over videos
» Interview with Canadian Weather Channel




November 2015


German interview on industry strategies and climate: "Die Industrie muss wegen des Klimas umschwenken"




October 2015



Climate change lecture, York University, Toronto, Canada.



October 2015

Live radio interview (German):
"Durchbruch bei den Klimaverhandlungen?"




October 2015

Interview with Toronto Start on Society and Sea-Level Rise
» "Sea-level rise is nothing to be afraid of - it is something to worry about."
» "Cities like New York, New Orleans, Shanghai are our cultural heritage of the future - that we are now committing to the sea."




September 2015

Op-ed: 'Fossil Fuels: A Present We Can't Unwrap'
Why and how to keep carbon in the ground.




September 2015

Naked-scientist interview on future ocean changes




September 2015

Burn-it-all Lose-it-all:
"Combustion of available fossil-fuel resources sufficient to eliminate the Antarctic Ice Sheet"

» Original publications
» Interview with Andrew Revkin (NYTimes blog)

Media coverage (selection):
» Reuters » New York Times
» The New Yorker » New York Times (Blog)
» Bloomberg » Huffington Post
» Newsweek » Weather Channel
» The Guardian » National Geographic
» Time magazine » Scientific American
» Mashable » Washington Post
» Gizmodo » The Independent
» Carbon Brief » Climate Central
» Time of India » Business Standard
» Hong-Kong Sun » South China Morning Post
» Japanes Times » International Business Times
» Die Bild » Süddeutsche Zeitung
» Der Spiegel » Frankfurter Allgemeine
» Der Focus » Berliner Morgenpost
» Der Stern » Hamburger Abendblatt
» AFP » Wirtschaftswoche
» Der Standard » Kleine Zeitung




September 2015



"The 3rd Industrial Revolution: He who adapts fastest, wins."
Interview for industry, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.




May 2015

Op-ed: Why climate engineering won't work.




March 2015
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Commentary on climate engineering in response to a climate emergency
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December 2014

Live radio-interview on climate change & society.
Saturday 20th Dec. 2014 9-11 a.m. (German)
Podcast



December 2014


Interview on climate change and society.



December 2014

Interview on climate change and society (German).




November 2014


Talk at Investors' Day:
"A business case for climate change"



November 2014


Special article on climate conference in Lima.
(Saturday print edition, page 2)




November 2014

Interview on sea-level rise, climate change and future society. (German)



September 2014

Synod of protestant church of northern Germany: Talk on climate change, Lübeck, Germany
(45 min in German, 33 Mb)





August 2014

Antarctica could raise sea level faster than previously thought

» Original publications & Data
Media coverage:
» Bloomberg » Huffington Post
» One India » Bloomberg Businessweek
» Slate » Climate Central
» truthdig » Economic Times
» Forex Gucheng » The Weather Channel
» rtve.es » Wallstreet China
» Khaleej Times » Delhi Daily News
» Jakarta Globe » University Herald
» ABC.es » Stockstar - Finance
» DW » Indonesian Kompas.com
» negocios » Deutsche Welle
» Z news » radio intereconomia




July 2014


How Antarctica shows we're at the point of no return


Project Syndicate: Antarctica's Point of No Return





July 2014

Article on
Project-Syndicate article on Antarctica's point of no return




June 2014

Webcast: Presentation on Antarctic Instabilities at UNFCCC Climate Conference 2014 in Bonn, Germany.

Coverage: Reuters, Irish Times & Deutsche Welle



June 2014

Interview on climate change and practical implications (German).




May 2014

Commentary on resilience of future infrastructure




May 2014

Engineering and Technology Magazine:
"Climate change: can supply chains take the strain?" by Sian Harris




May 2014

Photo: Maria A. Martin/PIK

Ice plug prevents irreversible discharge from East Antarctica

» Original publications
Media coverage:
» Reuters » National Geographic
» Independent » Washington Post
» ABC News » Huffington Post
» Chicago Tribune » Queensland Times
» Apple daily » Economic Times
» Delhi Daily » International Business Times
» Deutsche Welle » Business Standard
» Die Welt » South China Morning Post
» Fokus » Hamburger Abendblatt
» Der Stern » Japanese Times
» Der Standard » Wiender Zeitung
Audio interview with
Australian Broadcast Cooperation
Audio interview with
Deutschlandradio Wissen




March 2014

Radio interview: global warming & sea-level rise
Audio recording here
& shortened transcript here



March 2014

Detailed audio interview on global adaptation of supply chains and the data portal zeean.




March 2014

Future sea-level threatens world cultural heritage
» Original publications. » List of UNESCO sites.
Media coverage:
» The Guardian. » Le Monde.
» Huffington Post. » New Scientist.
» CBS News. » Climate Central.
» Economic Times. » Times of India.
» Intern. Busimess Times. » Epoche Times.
» Süddeutsche Zeitung. » Die Welt.
» Hamburger Abendblatt. » Berliner Zeitung.
» Handelsblatt. » ABC.net.
» Der Standard. » Focus.
» Kleine Zeitung. » Wiener Zeitung.

Audio interview in
Deutschlandradio Kultur




February 2014

"Commentary on
Climate extremes and global adaptation"




January 2014


Original title:
"There will never be 10C of global warming."
(see also online discussion)




October 2013

The value of climate sensitivity
» Letter to the editor in print edition




October 2013
Portrait in local newspaper of my hometown Bremerhaven (Article
, Front page, and Online interview).



October 2013


Article on internal discussions and disputes within author team of the sea-level chapter of the IPCC-AR5 report



September 2013

Risky Rise - the IPCC provided a full projection of future sea-level but no risk analysis




September 2013

Radio interview on IPCC: climate change, sea level rise & how to avoid them




September 2013

Interview with major German tabloid BILD.
Brief version in Print edition.

(in context with the obligatory naked lady.)
Longer online version.



September 2013

TV interview on the IPCC, climate change,
sea level rise and how to avoid them




August 2013

The inevitability of sea-level rise



August 2013

The inevitability of sea-level rise



July 2013



July 2013
Favoured as "Federal Minister for the Environment" by actress Christiane Paul in German magazine Cicero - deeply honoured!



July 2013

Interview: "We simply put expiration dates on certain cultures and societies."
Additional information: assessment of IPCC assessment



July 2013


Interview: Climate Disruption and Sea Level Rise




April 2013


Interview: Klimaforscher auf dem Eis




April 2013

Antarctic sea-level contribution




March 2013

Limits of adaptation to climate change




February 2013

Interview on climatic tipping cascade



January 2013

Interview on sea-level rise



November 2012

Klimaschutz ist Selbstschutz, nicht Entwicklungshilfe




August 2012

6th post of video-column "Ask a climate expert"
» Is there a limit to global warming?




August 2012



Arctic sea ice melt 2012 on national television ARD Nachmagazin




July 2012

Interview on Greenland melt season covered by
Tagesschau.de - Zeit-online - Welt-online - Berliner Morgenpost - Süddeutsche - ZDF heute - Fokus-online



July 2012



FuturZwei with actress Christiane Paul



May 2012

Parliamentary hearing on EU-emission target
» Own statements
    » Full hearing



December 2011

Future sea level rise



November 2011

COP-17 climate conference in Durban



October 2011

Detailed interview for book by Christiane Paul with Peter Unfried on climate change and life



April 2011


Public discussion on the article



March 2011





January 2011





January 2011




January 2011





December 2010





December 2010


Public discussion on the article



November 2010




September 2010





June 2010




February 2010




February 2010





May 2009





Since March 2008

German climate-science weblog KlimaLounge




February 2008

Definition of climate change




August 2007

The Atlantic thermohaline circulation




June 2007

Extended Interview:
» Verzicht ist keine Lösung
    (Abstinence is no solution)

» Die dritte Industrielle Revolution
    (The third Industrial Revolution)

» Windkraft für alle
    (Wind power for all)

» Wenn der Nordpol schmilzt
    (When the North Pole melts)




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