Every day brings new headlines about climate change as politicians
debate how to respond, scientists offer new data, and skeptics critique
the validity of the research. To step outside these scientific and
political debates, Timothy Leduc engages with various Inuit
understandings of northern climate change. What he learns is that
today's climate changes are not only affecting our environments, but
also our cultures. By focusing on the changes currently occurring in the
north, he highlights the challenges being posed to Western climate
research, Canadian politics and traditional Inuit knowledge.
Climate, Culture, Change sheds light on the cultural challenges posed
by northern warming and proposes an intercultural response that is
demonstrated by the blending of Inuit and Western perspectives.