September 2024
» Article on freedom with a number of different titles:
» "Kein Reichtum ohne Gesellschaft"
= "No wealth without society" (print)
» "Unsere Freiheit braucht Grenzen, um die Erde zu retten"
= "Our freedom needs limits to save Earth" (online)
» "Befreiende Grenzen" = "Freeing Limits" (original title).
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(pdf)
July 2024
20-min Interview on "Folding the World" for Austrian television
June 2024
90-min talk on "Folding the World" at the Oskar-von-Miller Forum on Architecture of the Technical University Munich
May 2024
One-hour podcast on Folding the World
covering the climate crisis, social cohesion all the way to reducing inequality while keeping the merit principle.
February 2024
Article by Zoe Schlanger on "If Trumps wins - climate"
November 2023
Book review: Folding the World (7 min, mpg)
October 2023
Podcast WDR Quarks:
Book: Folding the World (40 min, mpg)
October 2023
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
re:publica Hamburg 2023:
Folding the World (Die Faltung der Welt)
(60 min)
July 2023
VIDEO
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
VIDEO
re:publica 2023: Folding the World (Die Faltung der Welt)
(30 min)
April 2023
VIDEO
taz Laboratory 2023:
Interview on Folding the World (Die Faltung der Welt)
(50 min)
March 2023
» Dresdner Rede:
» Climate change and it solution through
» Folding the World (Die Faltung der Welt).
» Audio recording
February 2023
» Interview: Solving the climate crisis with Folding.
December 2022
» Article: Solving the climate crisis can lead us into a bright future
November 2022
» 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
» 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
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
Cover story on climate tipping points (pdf)
July 2021
» "The Folding of the World" article on a new rarrative for society
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(pdf)
» Article combined with Interview in "Die Zeit" on the "The Folding Principle"
(pdf)
June 2021
» 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
Interview zum Grundsatzprogamm Parteitag von Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen
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November 2020
VIDEO
Talk at the National Convention of the Green Party
(Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen) #dbdk20
(mp4)
August 2020
"Interview am Morgen"
February 2020
Interview: "Paris climate agreement can be kept within capitalism."
December 2019
Does climate change allow for freedom of travel?
» 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
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".
VIDEO
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
VIDEO
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):
September 2015
VIDEO
"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 -
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
VIDEO
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:
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:
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
Media coverage:
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
VIDEO
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)
Last update:
September 2024
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