Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

He is a German physicist, who has been the

He has also served as the principal advisor to EU President Jose Manuel Barroso.

As an expert on possible climate tipping points, Schellnhuber has published >50 books and 250 articles, including

  • World in Transition: Fighting Poverty Through Environmental Policy (2004),
  • “A Safe Operating Space for Humanity” (Nature, 2009; with Johan Rockström and 23 others, on planetary boundaries),
  • Climate Change as a Security Risk (2009)
  • Turn Down the Heat (lead author of 2012 World Bank report on possible 4oC warming by end of 21C)
  • “A Roadmap for Rapid Decarbonization” (Science, 2017; with Johan Rockström et al).

He has been widely honored, e.g.: the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2002), German Environment Prize (2007), Volvo Environment Prize (2011), and Blue Planet Prize (2017).