I am Amy Michel, and I'm a climate change activist. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports, the earth’s temperature has increased by 0.8 degrees Celsius over the past century.
I have faith that we, the people of this country, our generation, can change the way of our future. Over the past few years the globe has been progressively getting hotter and hotter, but we can stop the planet from going down this dreadful road of destruction. Quote from Obama, We are the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it.
Did you know that Australia is the leading cause of pollution per person? It's disgraceful that our renowned, beautiful, almost sacred country, has to be put under such scrutiny because of our problems. If we don't rise to the problem that is occurring right now, our children, and their children!, will be suffering because of our present past doings. Australia is 15th on the list of highest carbon polluters, and guess what! Our emissions are still increasing every day. And it's in our growing power to do something about it. And now is the time to do something about it.
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Now whats the big deal over that happening? Well let me tell you, it keeps the oceans cool and the acidic leaves steady so fish and the multiple ecosystems don't die. Land space will be decreased, submerging meters of cities, islands and continents with water in a time when the worlds population is ever increasing and we need all the space we can get. But it's kind of comic, how we are causing all of this. Maybe you might not be realizing it, but doing something as minor as spraying your deodorant in the morning is increasing the greenhouse gasses which contributes to the temperature increases, when you can use liquid pump or a roll on instead. Just doing this, will help. Everything you do to change for the better, will
“Scientists’ overwhelming conclusion is that climate change is happening and human activity is the primary culprit,” (“Climate Change”). The world we live in is falling apart more and more every day. Pollution; Global Warming; Climate Change; These are all problems that caused by people who have come forward in recent years, one of the biggest issues is climate change. The United States government needs to take aggressive steps to combat climate change because scientist have warned that if the climate changing progresses at its current rate, it could have disastrous consequences for life on Earth. Data shows that climate change is linked to rising sea levels, droughts, an increase in the risk of extinction of many species, and the increase in severe storms. With all the issues that are connected to climate change we are not doing enough to try to counteract the lasting effects it has on our environment.
Climate change is known as one of the greatest threats to the planet. It is not only a threat to the planet environmentally, but it is a threat socially and economically. As we all could feel, see, and know, the weather patterns globally and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have been increasing over an extended period of time. Although it may seem like it’s not a dramatic change since it is data from over a large amount of time, it is considering the fact that the large amount of time is not that large as it should be. Climate change is nothing new to us. It’s happened many years ago in the past because a variety of reasons but as the years go on, the rate on charts are just getting higher. As much as I would like to blame this predicament on nature, humans has a fault as well. We release thousands of greenhouse gases into the air through many procedures, but there are things that we cannot entirely control. However, whoever’s fault it is to blame I believe that if we work together and think we will more likely be able to find effective solutions for this problem.
B) Also instead of turning up the heat when your cold, put on an extra layer of clothes. Again you'll be saving energy and money.
“There’s one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent threat of a changing climate.” - Barack Obama. Climate change has been a popular topic of discussion for years now, because of the threat to our environment. The world will forever be changed if climate change isn’t taken into serious consideration and not in a good way. Climate change has had many negative effects, for example, damage to coral reefs, the increase of wildfires, and most importantly rising sea levels. Climate change is happening now and action should be taken now to stop it. The damage to our earth cannot always be undone as well as making some places disappear forever.
During the past several hundred years, civilization has made rapid progress in industries like air travel, automobiles, and energy production. These developments were made without consideration of the long-term effects that their emissions may have on the planet. Changing weather patterns are now wreaking havoc around the world, and scientists attribute this to human-caused climate change. During President Obama’s State of the Union address in 2015, he stated that, “No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change,” (“Remarks by the President”). Warming temperatures caused by anthropogenic climate change have disastrous consequences that pose a threat to humanity and the environment.
concerned of the effects climate change could have on the world. There is so much evidence that climate change exist so we need to find a way to stop climate change so the effects of climate change won’t happen. We soon learned that the cause of climate change could have been through greenhouse gases. There are different types of greenhouse gases, but the one we’re going to talk about is carbon dioxide. Greenhouse gases (which are located below the atmosphere) are gases that allow light from the sun to pass through the gases and some light/heat back out into space, but a certain amount of light gets trapped on the earth. This is called the greenhouse effect.
In his speech, Lord Stern stresses the importance of climate change awareness and how us as humans must make a change. Stern argues that the current generation should not have to tell the future generation, which includes our children and grandchildren, that they have to take responsibility to clean up the climate because of our
The hot-button controversial topic of climate change has far-reaching impacts on humans and animals alike that inhabit different regions around the world. As Earth’s temperature rises and sea ice melts away, the balance of life will be forever changed. The consequences of our global footprint will shape the way we live, eat and breathe in the near future if we do not effectively reduce the use of our resources. We are already witnessing the effects of climate changes which can be seen in the differing weather patterns such as extreme storms and prolonged droughts experienced across the world. As human beings, we make choices about how we treat the environment sometimes with little consequence and repeatedly decide to let future generations
Former President of the United States, Barack Obama, once said that “No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change.” In fact, scientific evidence for climate change is undeniable and the effects of climate change are beginning to be felt all around the world (“Global Climate Change”). Furthermore, evidence to support these claims for climate change can be found anywhere from the tops of mountains to ice cores drawn from the bottom of the earth. For these reasons, the causes, effects, and solutions of climate change need to be understood, so that all people of the next generation still have a suitable habitat to live in.
Climate change. It has been on all of our minds as more and more controversy and panic are induced by new data being collected all the time. The very thought of it as the truth begins to fade into the foreground is enough to make many people sick. As this problem begins to take political forefronts, the question is, what are we going to do about it? Fortunately, public opinion and political concern as it has in the past and still does, has motivated individuals and even entire nations to take action against the upcoming threat. However, not all individuals are open to the truth of the existence and significance of climate change.
With climate change leading species to go extinct and causing sea levels to rise, what have our major governments done to prevent all this from happening. In 2006 Al Gore stated that "The voluminous evidence now strongly suggest that unless we act boldly and quickly to deal with the underlying causes of global warming, our world will undergo a string of terrible catastrophes"(An Inconvenient Truth). What Al Gore has said over 10 years ago has become a gruesome reality with many natural disasters affecting major countries and shutting down developing countries completely. If our governments don’t take initiative to reduce and prevent climate change, we must make the first move to do something ourselves. But do the actions of us individuals have an effect to something as big as climate change? I believe that the actions of individuals towards the prevention of climate change all have an effect to the greater cause, but the concentration and types of actions such as personal changes, taking alternative transportation, and overall education and awareness of the climate change determine the strength of the effect to it.
Millions of people, including American citizens are being killed and displaced by this changing environment. The ice caps are melting, sea levels are rising. Deserts are becoming drier, while oceanside areas are being ravaged by tropical storms. Our world is turning into a chapter from the Book of Revelations. But, we still have time to halt this apocalypse and to preserve this planet, our home. In the past few years, we as a people have made tremendous strides of progress. But, we can’t stop now. We must continue to push forward. And we must fight for our planet and those who are unable to speak out. It is the job of this generation to act now and change the course of history.
Climate change is the most dangerous threat to the people of this planet, but it is the poorest, most vulnerable people who will experience the harshest consequences. Those located in the developing nations are exponentially more vulnerable than even the least fortunate citizens lucky enough to live in developed countries. It is these people, when faced with their regional climate change effects, which will allow the richest citizens of the world to profit from their misery. The neoliberal model that has emerged has created a system that privatizes the services once provided and funded by the government, and it is this economic model that has given rise to disaster capitalism. It is because of this reason that I believe climate change is denied
Climate change has become a big issue in the past 20 years due to the new technological advances we have made. With this technology we have created comes a great deal of responsibility, we can use this to our benefit along with benefitting our Earth or we can emit more harmful gases into the atmosphere. During the industrial revolution machines were made that could do things 20 strong men couldn’t do, this being said these machines needed fuel. People looked for fuel to work these machines and many found burning coal worked quite well, while it may have ran the machines well at the time it also polluted the air we breathe. The people living back in the 18th and 19th century weren’t affected by this air pollution but instead the people of today
We as a society have reached one of the most crucial time periods in the history of our world. Due to the way we have used the resources on this earth we have created a situation in which our climate is drastically changing. The burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil has caused gases like carbon dioxide to become trapped in the atmosphere causing a natural greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect has caused the earth’s average temperature to rise and has resulted in arctic glaciers melting. These glaciers had gases trapped inside them that are now being released into the atmosphere further raising the earth's temperature. Due to the way we are polluting our air we have caused global warming. This global warming has caused stronger natural disasters such as hurricanes and wildfires putting our society in more danger than ever before.