William Leiss is a fellow and past president of the Royal Society of Canada, an officer of the Order of Canada, and professor emeritus at the School of Policy Studies, Queen's University. He is the author or co-author of several books, including Mad Cows and Mother's Milk: The Perils of Poor Risk Communication.

"There is much to admire in Canada and Climate Change. The research is impeccable, the writing accessible, and the tone measured. It clearly identifies the problem, and its proposed solution is spot-on, although deep decarbonization will not be easy. In fact, it will be bloody hard because, as Leiss notes, it will require halving global emissions in every decade between now and 2050 in order to achieve net zero – itself a controversial idea because net zero is not zero." - Literary Review of Canada"Grounded broadly in risk theory, Leiss provides an excellent climate primer: addressing what is meant by 'climate', detailing the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs, and describing climate science methods and future projections. Leiss makes an impactful argument about the unique and vulnerable characteristics of the climate niche in which human society emerged and thrived in the last twelve thousand years, and the fact that 'we have begun to move outside this range … at an accelerating rate, with no end in sight.'" - H-Environment"In Canada and Climate Change, Leiss distills the complexity while dialing up the urgency to act and offers us a roadmap for why it's so important to hold governments and industry accountable for their climate commitments – it's literally a matter of survival for current and future generations." - BC Studies"Leiss expertly offers a sociological and historical approach to analyse climate change. This approach aims to compare two parallel streams related to climate change: the evolution of climate science from 1950 to 2022, and the evolution of government responses to climate science from 1990 to 2022. This accessible book will help non-experts gain a deeper understanding of the global climate change challenges." - Weather

William Leiss is a fellow and past president of the Royal Society of Canada, an officer of the Order of Canada, and professor emeritus at the School of Policy Studies, Queen's University. He is the author or co-author of several books, including Mad Cows and Mother's Milk: The Perils of Poor Risk Communication.

"There is much to admire in Canada and Climate Change. The research is impeccable, the writing accessible, and the tone measured. It clearly identifies the problem, and its proposed solution is spot-on, although deep decarbonization will not be easy. In fact, it will be bloody hard because, as Leiss notes, it will require halving global emissions in every decade between now and 2050 in order to achieve net zero – itself a controversial idea because net zero is not zero." - Literary Review of Canada"Grounded broadly in risk theory, Leiss provides an excellent climate primer: addressing what is meant by 'climate', detailing the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs, and describing climate science methods and future projections. Leiss makes an impactful argument about the unique and vulnerable characteristics of the climate niche in which human society emerged and thrived in the last twelve thousand years, and the fact that 'we have begun to move outside this range … at an accelerating rate, with no end in sight.'" - H-Environment"In Canada and Climate Change, Leiss distills the complexity while dialing up the urgency to act and offers us a roadmap for why it's so important to hold governments and industry accountable for their climate commitments – it's literally a matter of survival for current and future generations." - BC Studies"Leiss expertly offers a sociological and historical approach to analyse climate change. This approach aims to compare two parallel streams related to climate change: the evolution of climate science from 1950 to 2022, and the evolution of government responses to climate science from 1990 to 2022. This accessible book will help non-experts gain a deeper understanding of the global climate change challenges." - Weather

William Leiss is a fellow and past president of the Royal Society of Canada, an officer of the Order of Canada, and professor emeritus at the School of Policy Studies, Queen's University. He is the author or co-author of several books, including Mad Cows and Mother's Milk: The Perils of Poor Risk Communication.

"There is much to admire in Canada and Climate Change. The research is impeccable, the writing accessible, and the tone measured. It clearly identifies the problem, and its proposed solution is spot-on, although deep decarbonization will not be easy. In fact, it will be bloody hard because, as Leiss notes, it will require halving global emissions in every decade between now and 2050 in order to achieve net zero – itself a controversial idea because net zero is not zero." - Literary Review of Canada"Grounded broadly in risk theory, Leiss provides an excellent climate primer: addressing what is meant by 'climate', detailing the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs, and describing climate science methods and future projections. Leiss makes an impactful argument about the unique and vulnerable characteristics of the climate niche in which human society emerged and thrived in the last twelve thousand years, and the fact that 'we have begun to move outside this range … at an accelerating rate, with no end in sight.'" - H-Environment"In Canada and Climate Change, Leiss distills the complexity while dialing up the urgency to act and offers us a roadmap for why it's so important to hold governments and industry accountable for their climate commitments – it's literally a matter of survival for current and future generations." - BC Studies"Leiss expertly offers a sociological and historical approach to analyse climate change. This approach aims to compare two parallel streams related to climate change: the evolution of climate science from 1950 to 2022, and the evolution of government responses to climate science from 1990 to 2022. This accessible book will help non-experts gain a deeper understanding of the global climate change challenges." - Weather