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Stefan Rahmstorf: 2022 Schneider Award Winner

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4.7585 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Every year, Climate One grants an award in memory of pioneering climate scientist Steve Schneider, who fiercely took on the denial machine from the 1970s until his death in 2010. This year's recipient is German physicist and ocean expert Dr. Stefan Rahmstorf. Dr. Rahmstorf says we’re running toward a cliff in a fog. What can science tell us where that cliff is – and how to avoid it?  In a time of oceanic changes happening at an unprecedented pace, Dr. Rahmstorf exemplifies the rare combination of superb scientist and powerful communicator. He works to convey the impact of climate disruption on ocean currents, sea level rise, and increasing extreme weather events fueled by warmer oceans.  We also talk with past Schneider Award winner Ayana Elizabeth Johnson about the need for broader inclusion among climate leaders. What can the study of past ice ages tell us about our climate future? And what should be the role of scientists in the public sphere? Guests:  Stefan Rahmstorf, Co-Head of Research, Department on Earth System Analysis of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK); Professor of Physics of the Oceans, University of Potsdam Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, marine biologist, writer For show notes and related links, visit ClimateOne.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is Climate One. I'm Greg Dalton. This year's recipient of our award for outstanding

0:35.9

climate science communication is ocean physicist Dr. Stefan Romsdorff,

0:40.3

who believes that explaining climate risk is part of his job.

0:44.3

We definitely have a duty to explain what we're doing and what we are finding out to the general public,

0:50.3

like doctors have a duty to warn their patients that smoking causes lung cancer.

0:55.0

Yet he says scientists can't do it alone. They need support from activists in the streets.

1:01.0

This is the kind of pressure that is needed because our scientists explaining in sober terms in in IPCC reports.

1:15.2

What is at stake, we've been doing this since 1990, and it's just not happening.

1:21.9

A conversation with this year's winner of the Schneider Award, Stefan Romsdorf, up next on Climate One.

1:26.8

Every year we grant an award in memory of the late Stephen Schneider,

1:28.3

a pioneering climate scientist who fiercely took on the denial machine from the 1970s until his death in 2010.

1:34.8

He launched his last book, Science is a Contact Sport, on the Climate One stage, and he was a guide

1:40.6

to me when I first entered this field. This year's recipient is German physicist

1:45.1

and ocean expert Dr. Stefan Romsdorf. In a time of oceanic changes happening at an unprecedented

1:51.1

pace, Dr. Romsdorff exemplifies the rare combination of a superb scientist and powerful communicator.

1:58.4

He works to convey the impact of climate disruption on ocean currents,

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