Climate Change: Localizing a Complex Global Issue

If only science were enough, the climate crisis would be solved by now. This is a statement I remind myself of and think about daily. Serving as a State Climatologist in the Great Plains, I have the privilege of providing a sciencebased voice on localtoglobal changing climate. Global climate change is inherently complex, and often a translator is needed to understand and navigate resources to extract relevant information. Reports such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change provide timely and valuable information. Implications and solutions to climate change have been requested by hundreds of organizations with information broadcasted to thousands of individuals. In doing so, insights into concerns for what climate change means and how action can and should be realized provide a wealth of knowledge for informing solutions. These solutions lie within us— how we perceive our risk, our will to implement lasting behavior change, and the ability Book Review Essay