Ben Santer: 2023 Schneider Award Winner
Ben Santer has spent decades researching and identifying the human fingerprints on the climate system changes we\u2019re now all seeing. He was lead author on the historic 1995 conclusion of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which proclaimed that \u201cthe balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate.\u201d That was the first time the IPCC authoritatively stated humans are causing climate change. \nAt the time, Stephen Schneider told Ben Santer that the sentence he wrote would change the world. Santer\u2019s foundational work also laid the groundwork for the expanding field of attribution science, which enables activists and lawyers to ascribe proportionate blame to specific polluters in lawsuits demanding damages for climate-disrupting emissions. Climate One is delighted to present the 2023 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication to atmospheric scientist Ben Santer.\nGuests:\nBen Santer, Fowler Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Woods Hole; Visiting Researcher, UCLA\nKassie Siegel, Director, Climate Law Institute, Center for Biological Diversity\nFor show notes and related links, visit our website.\n\U0001f4de Call us at (650) 382-3869 to share your clothing story for a chance to be featured on an upcoming episode!\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices