Gordon McBean talks about the impacts of climate change and the need to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions now
Dr. Gordon McBean is a member of IISD's Board of Directors, a professor in the Department of Geography at Canada's University of Western Ontario and Research Chair of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction. His work covers a broad range of climate-related issues, including global peace and security and how changing temperatures affect human health.
He was appointed a member of the Order of Canada in recognition of his lifetime achievements and contributions to the advancement of climate and atmospheric sciences.
In this interview, he talks about the impacts of climate change.
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