Carole LeBlanc contributing author and editor of new book on climate change

Carole LeBlanc, Ph.D., adjunct professor in the Department of Environmental Studies, is a contributing author and the editor of a new book on climate change.

The Perils of Climate Risk provides the average person with steps they can take to reduce climate change.

The book captures the latest developments in climate change science, atmospheric data, and public policy from leaders in their fields, including a Nobel Peace Prize recipient and a Fulbright Scholar.

It concludes with a list of action items for the old and young alike.  

LeBlanc is also the editor of Demystifying Climate Risk, Volumes I and II.

The books are distillations of the First Annual International Technical Workshop on Climate Risk hosted by LeBlanc in Wells, Maine, in October 2016. 

The Perils of Climate Risk continues the discussion from the workshop.

LeBlanc is a former special expert on emerging contaminants for the United States Department of Defense (DoD). In 2007, she was awarded a Defense Special Act Award for her part in the formation of the DoD’s toxic and hazardous chemicals reduction plan, mandated by a presidential executive order. In 1999, she was part of a Massachusetts state team that received the prestigious Ford Foundation and John F. Kennedy School of Government/Harvard University’s Innovations in American Government Award. 

LeBlanc plans to donate a copy of The Perils of Climate Risk to UNE’s Department of Environmental Studies.