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Canada and climate change
- Title
- Canada and climate change / William Leiss.
- Author
- Leiss, William, 1939-
- Publication
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : Published for the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada by McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]
- ©2022
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- Description
- xiv, 181 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Pandemics, massive earthquakes, war, and other catastrophes inspire immediate action because their casualties and destruction are immediately visible. Climate change is a unyielding problem because its long-range dangers are hidden, and thus it is a global risk unlike anything in human experience. The federal government recently announced aggressive climate targets for Canada. We have committed to producing net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, which will require major changes for our economy and way of life. Canadian citizens need to understand why our most distinguished climate scientists and our senior political leaders think that we must meet this target. Canada and Climate Change explains the importance of policies that will ensure we meet the net-zero emissions target. William Leiss provides a firm grasp on what climate change is and how scientists have described shifts in the earth's climate as they have occurred over hundreds of millions of years and as they are likely to occur in the near future, especially by the end of this century. Leiss argues that citizens have a right to place their trust in what climate scientists tell us. Canada and Climate Change is an essential primer on where we stand on the issue of climate change in Canada and what will unfold in the years ahead."--
- Series Statement
- Canadian essentials ; 2
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Issued also in electronic formats.
- ISBN
- 9780228009160
- 0228009162
- 9780228009856 (canceled/invalid)
- 9780228009863 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 99993330129
- OCLC
- on1241731659
- 1241731659
- SCSB-14466085
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries