SPEECHES, SEMINARS, OP-EDS AND TESTIMONIES

SPEECHES AND SEMINARS

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Providing Clean Cooking and Lighting Technologies and documenting their impacts on Air pollution, Climate, and Health Ministry of Environment and Forests, Bangladesh and Ministry of Environment, Sweden – Bangladesh, Oct 18 2011

Strategies for containing climate change below unmanageable levels: Beyond Copenhagen, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, July 20, 2010.

Black Carbon and India Environmental Ministry Meeting, Hotel Ashok, New Delhi, India, Oct 14 2009. Near-Term Climate Mitigation Side Event, Cop-16, Room Pitaya, Cancun Messe, Mexico , December 7, 2010.

Commencement Speech, Sixth College, UCSD, June 13, 2009

Black Carbon Forcing and its Climate Effects,
International Workshop on Black Carbon, London, Jan. 5-6, 2009

Scientific and Regional Aspects of Co-benefits Policies,
Air Pollution and Climate Change: Developing a Framework for Integrated Co-benefits Strategies, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sept. 17-19, 2008

Contribution of Black Carbon and Atmospheric Brown Clouds to Climate Warming: Impacts and Opportunities,
AMS Environmental Science Seminar Series, May 16, 2008

Global and Regional Climate Change: Underlying Science and Emerging Riddles,
8th Annual Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture, MIT, May 2, 2008

Perspectives on Ocean Science lecture series
Global Warming and Atmospheric Brown Clouds: a double threat for Asia,
Birch Aquarium @ SIO, April 14, 2008

Overview of Global Dimming and Brightening – observations, causes, consequences and hypotheses,
Keynote talk at the International Workshop on Global Dimming and Brightening, Ein Gedi, Israel
February 11, 2008 (.ppt)

Ramanathan, V. (2006), Bjerknes Lecture: Global Dimming and its Masking Effect on Global Warming, 
Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A23D-01

CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONIES

Role of Black Carbon in Global and Regional Climate Changes,
Hearing on the role of black carbon as a factor in climate change
October 18, 2007

Anthropogenic Climate Change: Areas of Uncertainty,
Testimony at the United States Senate hearing on “US Climate Change Policy”
September 17, 1996

Op-ED

D.G. Victor & V. Ramanathan. Opinion: Climate change isn't just about emissions. We're ignoring a huge part of the fight. The Los Angeles Times. October 15, 2023.

M. Molina, V. Ramanathan, & D. Zaelke. Best path to net zero: Cut short-lived super-pollutants. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. April 2, 2020.

M. Suárez-Orozco & V. Ramanathan. Our students must be prepared to take on climate change. Phi Delta Kappan. November 12, 2019.

M. Suárez-Orozco & V. Ramanathan. Climate change: Students, finally, are on fire. The Hill. September 26, 2019.

V. Ramanathan. A 10-step plan for Congress to save the climate. The Hill. January 2, 2019.

Address to the UN COP meeting at Katowice Poland: Climate Extremes and Health Impacts: The Next 25 Years  December 3, 2018.

Address to the WHO summit on Health effects of Climate Change  December 3, 2018.

V. Ramanathan, M. Molina, & D. Zaelke, Why California summit is make or break for climate safety The San Diego Union-Tribune. September 7, 2018.

D. G. Victor and V. Ramanathan. Turning California’s green leadership into a green planet. The Hill, September 10, 2018

V. Ramanathan, Pope Francis took the climate crisis to those who can fix it: oil and gas execs, The Hill, June 19, 2018.

V. Ramanathan, How faith, reason, and environmental protection go hand in hand, The Hill, May 25, 2018.

V. Ramanthan, M. Neira, & M. Sanchez Sorodo, What to do now to head off climate catastrophe, The Sacramento Bee, April 19, 2018

M. Molina, V. Ramanathan, & D. Zaelke, “Paris deal’s carbon cuts miss critical warming target”, USA Today, April 22, 2016

V. Ramanathan & D. Press, “To help stop global warming, curb short-lived pollutants”, The Los Angeles Times, December 28, 2015

P. Morrision. Column: Patt Morrison asks Veerabhadran Ramanathan: Climate dealer. The Los Angeles Times. December 2, 2015

& V. Ramanathan, “Responding to Pope Francis’ call for environmental change”, The San Diego Union-Tribune, July 8, 2015

D. Zaelke & V. Ramanathan, “The Path Los Angeleto a Safe Climate Goes Through India”, The Huffington Post, January 21, 2015

R. Picolotti, V. Ramanathan & D. Zaelke, “3 Climate Lessons from Lima”, The Huffington Post, December 14, 2014

M. Molina, V. Ramanathan, & D. Zaelke, “A Development-Savvy Climate Strategy for India”, The Huffington Post, September 29, 2014

M. Molina, V. Ramanathan, & D. Zaelke, “As Climate Impacts Accelerate, Speed of Mitigation Becomes Key”, The Huffington Post, July 15, 2014

N. Ramanathan, D. Zaelke & V. Ramanathan, “Bringing Climate Solutions Downto Earth”, The Huffington Post, June 7, 2014

D. Zaelke & V. Ramanathan, “Going Beyond Carbon Dioxide”, The New York Times, December 6, 2012/p>

V. Ramanathan & D. Zaelke, “Earth Day: Saving our planet, saving ourselves”, The San Diego Union-Tribune, April 21, 2012

V. Ramanathan & D.G. Victor, “To Fight Climate Change, Clear the Air”, The New York Times, November 27, 2010

V. Ramanathan, “CO₂ is key global warmer, but we need not panic yet”,The Sacramento Bee, September 27, 2009