Steven Koonin explains how data shows 'no climate emergency' looming over world right now| HTLS 2026

Is the world facing a climate emergency? At the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2026, Dr Steven E Koonin, Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, discussed climate change, human influence and what long-term data reveals. Koonin acknowledged that the climate is changing and that human activity is contributing to that change, but questioned how severe its consequences will be.