Joanna Haigh

Joanna Haigh

Joanna Haigh (born 7 May 1954) is a British physicist and academic.

Quotes

• The climate system takes decades to respond to changes in carbon emissions so decisions made now will affect future generations - for better or worse.
  • "Imperial climate experts respond to IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report", Imperial College London (November 3, 2014)

• Without concerted and swift international action to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, the 1.5°C threshold is likely to be passed by 2040 and the report (Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C) sets out very starkly the costs of inaction.
  • "Changes needed by middle of century, say climate experts", Imperial College London, written by Simon Levey (October 9, 2018)

• We were aware of it back in the late 1970s. There was a lot of talk about the greenhouse effect.
  • On her awareness of climate change "The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Joanna Haigh" (April 29, 2019)

• I think it’s going to be very, very, very difficult to get to 1.5C.
  • On meeting the Paris warming limits "The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Joanna Haigh" (April 29, 2019)

• Solar geoengineering, I’m afraid I think it’s a fool’s paradise, and I’ve been saying the same thing for many years.
  • On negative emissions and solar geoengineering "The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Joanna Haigh" (April 29, 2019)

• I think it is possible to get the carbon dioxide emissions down and to get the temperature increase slowed down. It just requires everybody to work together to do it.
  • "Climate champion Jo Haigh retires after 35 years at Imperial", Imperial College London, written by Hayley Dunning (May 3, 2019)

Quotes about Haigh

• She appears regularly on TV, radio and in print media, and as a result, gets a lot of emails – many from people who do not believe that humans are causing climate change. She tries to reply to them all unless they are directly offensive, but admits she has about a “two percent success rate” in positive responses to her explaining the science.
  • "Climate champion Jo Haigh retires after 35 years at Imperial", Imperial College London, written by Hayley Dunning (May 3, 2019)