Canada and climate change / William Leiss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leiss, William, 1939- author.

Series:

Canadian essentials.

Canadian Essentials Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Canada.

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Government policy--Canada.

Environmental policy.

Environmental policy--Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Canada has committed to producing net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. 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.

Contents:

Cover

CANADA AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Tables and Figures

Preface

Introduction

1 What Is Climate?

2 The Pleistocene and Holocene Epochs

3 Predictions of Climate Science

4 Trusting Climate Science

5 Canada: Negotiating Climate Change

6 Treaty Framing and Climate Science

7 Managing the Risks of Global Warming

8 Canada: Mitigation, Impacts, and Adaptation

Reminiscences and Acknowledgments

Appendix 1: Notes and Calculations for Table 6.4

Appendix 2: The Risk Approach in IPCC'S AR6 - Impacts of Climate Change

References and Sources

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Leiss, William Canada and Climate Change

ISBN:

9780228009863

0228009863

9780228009856

0228009855

OCLC:

1336964684