Testimonies, Chapter in Books, Op Eds and Declarations

Testimonies, Chapter in Books, Op Eds and Declarations

Testimonies:

Ramanathan, V. (2007), Role of Black Carbon in Global and Regional Climate Change, Testimonial to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, October 18, 2007.

Ramanathan, V. (1995) Clouds and Climate, Buys Ballot Medal Climate Lecture, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 16, 1995

Book Chapter:

V. Ramanathan Climate Change and Protection of the Habitat: Empirical Evidence for the Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming” in Complexity and Analogy in Science: Theoretical, Methodological, and Epistemological Aspects, Pontifical Academy of the Sciences, Vatican City, 2015.

Martin II, W. J., J. J. Hollingsworth and V. Ramanathan, (2014) Household Air Pollution from Cookstoves: Impacts on Health and Climate. in Global Climate Change and Public Health, Respiratory Medicine Series, vol. 7, edited by K. E. Pinkerton and W.N. Rom, pp. 237–255, Springer Science+Business Media, New York. DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-8417-2_13.

Ramanathan, V. (2014), The Two Worlds Approach for Mitigating Air Pollution and Climate Change. Proceedings of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences work shop on: Sustainable Humanity, Sustainable Nature, Our Responsibility. Pontifical Academy of the Sciences, Extra Series 41, Vatican City, 2014.

Ramanathan, V. (2013), The Two Worlds in the Anthropocene: A New Approach for Managing and Coping with Climate Change. Proceedings of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS) workshop on The Emergency of the Socially Excluded. Pontifical Academy of the Sciences, Scipta Varia 123, Vatican City, 2013.

Ramanathan, V. (2013), Himalayan-Tibetan Glaciers and Snowpack System: Multiple Destabilizing Influences. Pontifical Academy of the Sciences, Scripta Varia 118, Vatican City, 2013.

Ajai, L. Bengtsson, D. Breashears, P.J. Crutzen, S. Fuzzi, W. Haeberli, W.W. Immerzeel, G. Kaser, C. Kennel, A. Kulkarni, R. Pachauri, T. H. Painter, J. Rabassa, V. Ramanathan, A. Robock, C. Rubbia, L. Russell, M. Sánchez Sorondo, H.J. Schellnhuber, S. Sorooshian, T. F. Stocker, L.G. Thompson, O.B. Toon, D. Zaelke (2011) Fate of Mountain Glaciers in the Anthropocene Pontifical Academy of Sciences, 2-4 April 2011 15pp.

Ramanathan, V. and A. Inamdar (2006), The radiative forcing due to clouds and water vapor Frontiers of Climate Modeling, pp. 119-151

Ramanathan, V. (2006), Atmospheric Brown Clouds: Health, Climate and Agriculture Impacts, Pontifical Academy of Sciences Scripta Varia 106: Interactions Between Global Change and Human Health, pp. 47-60.

Jacob, D., R. Avissar, G. C. Bond, S. Gaffin, J. Kiehl, J. Lean, U. Lohmann, M. Mann, R. Pielke, Jr., V. Ramanathan, and L. Russell (2005), Radiative Forcing of Climate Change: Expanding the Concept and Addressing Uncertainties, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 224 pp.

Crutzen, P. J. and V. Ramanathan (2003) Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate in the Anthropocene: Where Are We Heading? Earth System Analysis for Sustainability, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press), pp. 265-292

Crutzen, P. J. and V. Ramanathan (2002), The Ascent of Atmospheric Sciences, Science, Pathways of Discovery, New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp. 175-188

Weaver, C.P. and V. Ramanathan (1998), Extratropical Cloud Systems and Cloud Radiative Forcing, Clear and Cloud Boundary Layers, North Holland Publishers, pp. 241-263

Ramanathan, V. and A. M. Vogelmann (1997) Greenhouse Effect, Atmospheric Solar Absorption and the Earth’s Radiation Budget: From the Arrhenius-Langley Era to the 1990s, The Legacy of Svante Arrhenius Understanding the Greenhouse Effect. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm University, pp. 85-103

Collins, W.D., W.C. Conant and V. Ramanathan (1994), Earth Radiation Budget, Clouds and Climate Sensitivity, 1994, The Chemistry of the Atmosphere: Its Impact on Global Change, Jack G. Calvert, Ed. Backwell Scientific Publishers, pp. 207-215

Ramanathan, V. (1989) The Radiative and Climatic Consequences of the Changing Atmospheric Composition of Trace Gases, The Changing Atmosphere, F.S. Rowland and I.S.A. Isaksen, Eds. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., pp. 159-186

Ramanathan, V. (1989), Trace Gas Effects on Climate: A Review, Carbon Dioxide and Other Greenhouse Gases: Climatic and Associated Impacts, R. Fantechi and A. Ghazi, Eds., Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 152-158.

Ramanathan, V. (1983), Coupling Through Radiative and Chemical Processes, Solar Variability, Weather and Climate. Studies in Geophysics, Geophysics Research Board, National Academy Press, pp. 83-91.

Ramanathan, V. (1980), Climatic Effects of Anthropogenic Trace Gases, Interactions of Energy and Climate, W. Bach, T. Pankrath and J. Williams, Eds., D. Reidel Publishing Co., pp. 269-280

Ramanathan, V. (1980), Climatic Effects of Ozone Change: A review, Low Latitude Aeronomic Processes, Advances in Space Exploration, COSPAR Symposium Series B, pp. 223-236

OpEd:

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

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

Kaplan, Sarah: The World Agreed to Ban this Dangerous Pollutant — and It’s Working. The Washington PJoining Sustainability Champions on How to Tackle the Planetary Crises Post. June 11, 2024.

V. Ramanathan. 2017. Global Warming: Current Science, Future Policy. Bulletin of American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Mario Molina, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, & Durwood Zaelke. 2018. Climate report understates threat. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Ramanathan, V. and Zaelke, D. J. Unexpected, unreported, and so far unexplained emissions of CFC-11. 2018. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

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

Ramanathan, V., Sanchez Sorondo, M., Dasgupta, P., von Braun, J., and Victor, D. V.  Climate Extremes and Global Health: New Ways to Make Progress. Foreign Affairs. 2018.

V. Ramanathan, A. Haines Healthcare professionals must lead on climate change: Short lived climate pollutants and unchecked carbon dioxide emissions are both a serious threat to human health, BMJ 2016; 355:i5245 doi:10.1136/bmj.i5245.

Ramanathan, V. (2014) The Two Worlds We Inhabit: The Top Four Billion (T4B) and The Bottom Three Billion (B3B). in Contributions Towards A Sustainable World: In Dialogue with Klaus Töpfer, edited by F. Schmidt and N. Nuttall, pp. 41-50, oekom verlag, München.

Ramanathan, V. and N. Ramanathan An Unprecedented Opportunity. OUR PLANET, United Nations, December 2011 pp. 28-29.

Ramanathan, V. and T. Ahmed(2010) Interactive comment on “Quantifying immediate radiative forcing by black carbon and organic matter with the Specific Forcing Pulse” by T. C. Bond et al. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 10, C6227-C6241.

Clare, D., K. Pistone, and V. Ramanathan. (2010), Getting Rid of Black Carbon- A Neglected but Effective Near-Term Climate Mitigation Avenue, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Summer/Fall 2010, pp. 99-106.

Ramanathan, V. (2008), Why is the Earth’s Albedo 29% and was it always 29%?, ILEAPS Newsletter, No. 5 (April), pp. 18-20.

Ramanathan, V. (1982) Commentary on Climatic Effects of Minor Atmospheric Constituents, Carbon Dioxide Review, pp. 278-283

Declarations:

Ramanathan, Verrabhadran et al. Planetary Call to Action for Climate Change resilience. Pontifical Academy of Sciences and Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, 2024.https://www.pas.va/content/dam/casinapioiv/pas/pdf-vari/statements/calltoaction_climate2024.pdf (accessed 16-12-2024)

Ramanathan, V., Sánchez Sorondo, M., Dasgupta, P., Raven, P., von Braun, J., and Sach, J. (2020). Declaration: Our Planet, Our Health, Our Responsibility. Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31125-4

Ramanathan, V., and Sánchez Sorondo, M.(2020). Preface. Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility. Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-31125-4

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

Ramanathan, V.(2019). Chapter 1: Climate Change.  Bending the Curve: Climate Change Solutions. Regents of the University of California.Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6kr8p5rq. 815pp

Ramanathan, V.(2019). Chapter 4: Overview of the Ten Solutions for Bending the Curve.  Bending the Curve: Climate Change Solutions. Regents of the University of California.Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6kr8p5rq. 815pp

Ramanathan, V. & Zaelke, D. (2019). Chapter 15: Technologies for Super Pollutants Mitigation. Bending the Curve: Climate Change Solutions. Regents of the University of California.Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6kr8p5rq. 815pp

Ramanthan, V., Sánchez, M. S., Dasgupta, P., Raven, P., von Braun, J., and Sachs, J., 2017. Final Declaration: Our Planet, Our Health, Our Responsibility. The Pontificial Academy of Sciences. Casina Pio IV.

Finlayson-Pitts, B. J., Griffin, D. E., Ramanathan, V., Schaal, B., and Trumbore, S. E, 2020. Biological Memoirs: Ralph J. Cicerone, 1943-2016. National Academy of Sciences.

Ramanathan, V., Molina, M. L., Zaelke, D., and Borgford-Parnell, N. (2020). Well Under 2 °C: Ten Solutions for Carbon Neutrality and Climate Stability. In Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility. Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-31125-4

Neira, M. and Ramanathan, V. (2020). Climate Change, Air Pollution, and the Environment: The Health Argument. In Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility. Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-31125-4

Ramanathan, V. (2020). Climate Change, Air Pollution, and Health: Common Sources, Similar Impacts, and Common Solutions. Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility. Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-31125-4

F. Forman and V. Ramanathan, 2019: Unchecked Climate Change and Mass Migration: A Probabilistic Case for Urgent Action.In  Humanitarianism and Mass Migration: Confronting the World Crisis. Editor: Marcelo M Suarez-Orozco, Univ of California Press, Chapter 1, pp: 43-59.

Ramanathan, V., 2017. Ralph J. Cicerone: His scientific legacy and a long friendship. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, p.201703542.

Reports:

Ramanathan, V., Molina, M.J., Zaelke, D., Borgford-Parnell, N., Xu, Y., Alex, K., Auffhammer, M., Bledsoe, P., Collins, W., Croes, B., Forman, F., Gustafsson, Ö, Haines, A., Harnish, R., Jacobson, M.Z., Kang, S., Lawrence, M., Leloup, D., Lenton, T., Morehouse, T., Munk, W., Picolotti, R., Prather, K., Raga, G., Rignot, E., Shindell, D., Singh, A.K., Steiner, A., Thiemens, M., Titley, D.W., Tucker, M.E., Tripathi, S., & Victor, D. Full: Well Under 2 Degrees Celsius: Fast Action Policies to Protect People and the Planet from Extreme Climate Change. Published by the Institute of Governance and Sustainable Development, Washington DC, Sept 14, 2017.

Ramanathan, V., Molina, M.J., Zaelke, D., Borgford-Parnell, N., Xu, Y., Alex, K., Auffhammer, M., Bledsoe, P., Collins, W., Croes, B., Forman, F., Gustafsson, Ö, Haines, A., Harnish, R., Jacobson, M.Z., Kang, S., Lawrence, M., Leloup, D., Lenton, T., Morehouse, T., Munk, W., Picolotti, R., Prather, K., Raga, G., Rignot, E., Shindell, D., Singh, A.K., Steiner, A., Thiemens, M., Titley, D.W., Tucker, M.E., Tripathi, S., & Victor, D. Summary: Well Under 2 Degrees Celsius: Fast Action Policies to Protect People and the Planet from Extreme Climate Change. Published by the Institute of Governance and Sustainable Development, Washington DC, Sept 14, 2017.

Children and Sustainable Development Ecological Education in a Globalized World, ISBN 978-3-319-47129-7 ISBN 978-3-319-47130-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-47130-3

V. Ramanathan, I. H. Rehman & S. Sharma Breathing Cleaner Air: Ten Scalable Solutions for Indian Cities A self-organized task force report for the World Sustainable Development Summit, New Delhi, October 6, 2016

Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Juliann E. Allison, Maximilian Auffhammer, David Auston, Anthony D. Barnosky, Lifang Chiang, William D. Collins, Steven J. Davis, Fonna Forman, Susanna B. Hecht, Daniel Kammen, C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell, Teenie Matlock, Daniel Press, Douglas Rotman, Scott Samuelsen, Gina Solomon, David G. Victor, Byron Washom, 2015 Executive Summary of the Report, Bending the Curve:10 scalable solutions for carbon neutrality and climate stability Published by the University of California, October 27, 2015

N. Ramanathan, I. H. Rehman, A. Kar, R. Bahadur, O. Patange, V. Jha, V. Ramanathan* Methodology for Deriving Climate Credits for improved solid biofuel cookstoves. Surya C2P2 Report March 2014.

Ramanathan V, Sundar S, Harnish R, Sharma S, Seddon J, Croes B, Lloyd A, Tripathi S N, Aggarwal A, Al Delaimy W, Bahadur R, Bandivadekar A, Beig G, Burney J, Davis S, Dutta A, Gandhi K K, Guttikunda S, Iyer N, Joshi T K, Kirchstetter T, Kubsh J, Ramanathan N, Rehman I H, Victor D G, Vijayan A, Waugh M, Yeh S. 2014, India-California Air Pollution Mitigation Program: Options to reduce road transport pollution in India Published by The Energy and Resources Institute in collaboration with the University of California at San Diego and the California Air Resources Board

Ramanathan, V. et al (2013), Black Carbon and the Regional Climate of California; Report to California Air Resources Board

Raes, F., S. J. Houghton, P. Crutzen, A. Eliassen, J. Schellnhuber, V. Ramanathan, J. Hansen, M. Molina, and C. S. Kiang. (2012), Air & Climate: Conversations About Molecules and Planets with Humans in Between Publications Office of the European Union, 144 pp.

Integrated Assessment of Black Carbon and Tropospheric Ozone. United Nations Environment Programme, 2011. Chair: D. Shindell. Vice Chairs: V. Ramanathan, F. Raes, L. Cifuentes and N. T. Kim Oanh.

Iyngararasan, M. and V. Ramanathan Atmospheric Brown Clouds: An Integrated Approach for understanding and managing climate change and other environmental problems resulting from atmospheric pollution IGAC Newsletter, October April 2011 no. 45, pp. 20 

Integrated Assessment of Black Carbon and Tropospheric Ozone: Summary for Decision Makers. United Nations Environment Programme, 2011 (Link) Chair: D. Shindell. Vice Chairs: F. Raes, V. Ramanathan.

Ramanathan, V., I.H. Rehman, and N. Ramanathan. (2010), Project Surya Prospectus. University of California, San Diego, 14 pp.

Levin, Simon A., and William C. Clark, Eds. “Toward a Science of Sustainability: Report from Toward a Science of Sustainability Conference, Airlie Center, Warrenton, Virginia, November 29, 2009 – December 2, 2009.” CID Working Paper No. 196. Center for International Development at Harvard University. May 2010.

Committee on the Strategic Advice on the US Climate Change Science Program (2009), Restructuring Federal Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change, The National Academies Press: Washington D.C., 254 pp.

Ramanathan, V., M. Agrawal, H. Akimoto, M. Auffhammer, S. Devotta, L. Emberson, S.I. Hasnain, et al (2008), Atmospheric Brown Clouds: Regional Assessment Report with Focus on Asia, published by the United Nations Environment Program, Nairobi, Kenya, pp. 1-360 UNEP ABC Home.

Ramanathan, V. (2007), Global Dimming by Air Pollution and Global Warming by Greenhouse Gases: Global and Regional Perspectives, C.D. O’Dowd and P.E. Wagner (eds). Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols: 17th International Conference Galway, Ireland, pp. 473-483

Ramanathan, V., and Balakrishnan, K. (2007), Project Surya: Reduction of Air Pollution and Global Warming by Cooking with Renewable Sources – A Controlled and Practical Experiment in Rural India: A White Paper

Ramanathan, V., C.O. Justice, J.B. Carberry, R.E. Dickinson, E.E. Hofmann, J.W. Hurrell, J.A. Jones, R.E. Kasperson, C. Kolstad, M.C. Lemos, P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, E.S. Mosley-Thompson, G.D. Salvucci, S.E. Trumbore and T.S. Wittrig (2007), Evaluating Progress of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program: Methods and Preliminary Results, National Academies Press, Washington DC.136 pp.

WMO: Ramanathan, V. et al. (1985), Trace Gas Effects on Climate,  Atmospheric Ozone 1985: assessment of our understanding of the processes controlling its present distribution and change, WMO Report, no. 16, pp. 821-893