Persuasive Essay About Climate Change

I really appreciate all of the work you're doing spreading awareness about climate change while doing your own part to combat it. In this day and age, our work to change the course of our currently unsustainable civilization is more important than ever. That's why we must be very careful when discussing the changing climate and the repercussions that spring from it. Most conversations about climate change focus on the major problems that are going to occur in the future as a result of current human practices. Yet, it is evident that these changes are wreaking havoc in the present world that we all inhabit. That is why the narrative on climate change must change. Not only is climate change real, but it is impacting the earth in devastating ways at this very moment. Climate change should be treated as the atrocity of today, not the possible problem of the future.

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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.

As Earths average temperature increases every year, the discussion of climate change has become a significant topic in the scientific community. Human activities such as powering factories, running automobiles or something as simple as burning wood for heat, emit dangerous greenhouse gases. What makes these greenhouse gases so detrimental is that they absorb the heat radiating off of Earth and keep it in the lower atmosphere creating a “blanket” of warmth around the Earth’s surface. This causes a drastic increase in the Earths average temperature. Due to the rise in temperature, the polar caps have been melting faster than ever, this is dangerous not only because of the risk of floods and sea level increase but ocean water will become less saline and ecosystems will be destroyed, impacting humans just as much as marine life. In the article, Understand faulty thinking to tackle climate change by George Marshall, Marshall states that most people in our world today do not care about climate change because it will not affect them, “Which points to the real problem: climate change is exceptionally amorphous, … no deadlines, no geographic location, no single cause or solution.” (Marshall 2014). Because the author makes it clear that climate change is indeed a great plight, and fails to be acknowledged by people, it is a significant matter that should be discussed

Climate change has always been an ominous, impending thought in the back of my mind. Every day, I try to be more cognizant of my ecological footprint, a mindset which had spurred me into becoming more environmentally cautious over the years. The crux of the matter was undoubtedly discussed by Mr. Bardecki over the dramatic changes concerning the Colorado River. Our earth relies heavily on water as a source of life— from humanity's perspective alone, we use it for hydration, agriculture, and sanitation. That being said, it is equally as essential that we take care of our planet and water sources. It is said that "we're failing as stewards of God’s creation, but these changes we're seeing, that's not God punishing us -we're destroying ourselves." In full confidence, I agree with this statement; if we drive our planet and our resources into ruin, we have but ourselves to blame. We cannot let this be our legacy. The Colorado River, known as one of the most endangered rivers in the continental US, is being threatened by a drought, one brought by the rising changes in climate, and greenhouse gas emissions. I believe that the risk factor is increased because of direct human activity such as leisurely boating, agricultural irrigation, and the import/export business, which studies will prove to be a correct assumption. It is indisputable that humans largely take part in the latter, and so, with all of the warning signs in place and alarms ringing, we must act quickly.

Climate change is one of the most concerning issue in the history foriegn policy. It encompuses not only the United states but the entire world. Which is why it is hard to create procedures and establish alliances concerning global climate change because greenhouse admission are not created by the actions of one nation. Addressing climate change is going to be a massive task. Every nations who emitts green house gasses must become part of some sort of a global agreement. This agreement will require new thinking when it comes to foriegn policy. The United States has recently created a Task force to deal with climate change. The task force recomends creating a treaty between the world's biggest emitters including China

Last month, the United States of America and fellow global powerhouse China reached a deal to incorporate more non-fossil fuel energy into their total energy consumption. Through this deal, greenhouse gas production will be cut by up to 26 percent in America, lowering our levels to somewhere around 28 percent of the levels experienced in 2005 (Samuelson). This plan has been hailed as a great first step, and it is likely that smaller countries will make similar emissions cuts. That being said, China and America currently combine for 42 percent of carbon dioxide emissions worldwide according to the International Energy Agency. The world still heavily relies on fossil fuels for about 80 percent of its energy. In order to solve this problem of moving to renewable resources without causing a global economic collapse, countries need to be prepared to make budget cuts in other areas. Weak agreements have been enacted with dates a few years down the road to change this degenerative process. However, with loose restrictions on the way each country will achieve this goal, the discussions feels, according to Climate Research Program Leader Myles R. Allen, like a lost cause. It simply is not enough. The United States of America should be taking stronger initiatives and setting the standards for the transition towards a greener tomorrow. These initiatives would benefit both the Earth and its inhabitants. To do this, the government should take this more active role, through

The science and public policy institute found that even if the U.S. stopped emitting all carbon dioxide today, the global temperature would only decrease by 0.17 degrees celsius by the year 2100. That would be a very small impact on any climate change. It would take thousands of years for a big difference to be made. According to the final report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the transition from fossil fuels would need to occur within decades. This is something that the U.S. plans to do alone without help from any other countries, but no country can accomplish something as big as this alone. Global warming will not only occur in the United States, it will occur all over the world. The U.S. cannot and will not accomplish this alone. All in all it would be a waste of money to continue the climate change program. If it isn’t accomplishing anything there is no reason to do it. The whole idea of the climate plan was to make the air more healthy and slash global warming, but it is proven by many sources that the climate plan will have no effect on global warming. "What is an extremely powerful message in this report is the need for human society as a whole to start looking at changes in lifestyle and consumption patterns." The panel's chair, Rajendra Pachauri said.

Did you know that the United States is the second largest contributor of CO2, and the less concerned about it? Climate change has been a problem for decades, but just recently we start to see how big of a problem climate change is, and can be. Climate change is one of the biggest problems that we are facing right now, even if keep trying to act like is nothing. Everybody, the people, the government, and big companies are a big contributor of this phenomenon. The more we keep denying its effects, the more we are going to regret it later, and going to wish that we could go back and try to fix the issue. You going to know one day, and its going to be late. Climate change should be the U.S government main focus this decade and the ones to come. Climate change can affect a country in every way economically, destroyed …., cause a lot of deaths.

Climate change is a big issue in today’s world, which is claiming the homes of many different species. Just by looking at the polar bears we know how catastrophic climate change can be. With the world constantly getting hotter and hotter some species cannot handle the heat. Sometimes climate change doesn’t directly affect the animal, but instead, its food source cannot grow in a warm environment. As for the giant panda, they are affect directly and indirectly by climate change.

Every generation has an event that becomes the defining factor of their generation: WWII became the defining factor for silent generation, Vietnam was the defining event for the Baby Boomers, and the overwhelming introduction of technology became the defining moment for Generation X. Millennials face a different problem, one that was caused earlier generations that they are now forced to fix; climate change. Climate change has been a topic of contention for years, many argue that the phenome is caused by humans, others believe that it is completely natural event caused only by the earth going through a natural cycle, and there are even those individuals who deny the existence of climate change. The majority of the international community accepts that climate change is caused by humans and is working to improve the global situation by implementing regulations to limit emissions, according to the Liberal Paradigm working together is the only way to create positive and lasting change.

We see monsters as someone or something that kills, destroys, attacks, us. Then why don’t we see the monster that we have created right in front of us. Climate change has changed our earth drastically in a negative way. Climate change not kills, and destroys, but it is also change our environment for the worse. Over the last century we have made climate change into a monster and we have made some changes, yet they aren’t enough to stop it. Climate change has caused many problems like, rising temperature, melting icecaps, rising water levels, extreme weather, and so much more. Climate change is a monster that we created as humans, but we also need to stop it, because it will slowly turn our world into an unlivable world. Even though, we have made some changes, but we still need to look at exactly what the effects of climate change are.

Climate change also known as global warming, is the rise in the Earth's surface temperatures. Even though the rise in the Earth's surface temperature may be slight it can still have a wide range of effects on ecosystems, rising sea levels, severe weather events, and droughts. A staggering amount of scientist believe that climate change is caused mainly due to the human use of fossil fuels. When fossil fuels are used, carbon dioxide is released along with other greenhouse gases into the air. Those gases trap the heat within the atmosphere. Some examples of ways humans use fossil fuels are oil, coal, and natural gas. Humans depend on theses fossil fuels to function everyday life. For example we use these fuels to heat our homes, run our vehicles, and are used in the power industry to produce electricity.

Within The United States the Clinton administration was silent and the Bush administration actively hostile towards the Kyoto Protocol. This was because, The Kyoto Protocol allowed China, India and other rapidly modernizing economies to use primarily carbon-spewing coal-fired power plants so they could hurtle into the 21st century with early 20th century power sources. The Kyoto Protocol recognized that developed countries are principally responsible for the current high levels of GHG emissions in the atmosphere as a result of more than 150 years of industrial activity. The Protocol placed a heavier burden on developed nations under the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities." China then made a deliberate choice to lag the world in energy efficiency since it has been so eager to just have more energy. Al Gore soon made himself a spokesman for the Kyoto Protocol and a middleman to help diffuse the tension between The United States and China. He said “that neither the United States nor China should be allowed to blame the other, or anyone else, for the failure of each nation to do its part. Gore's nation has the practical responsibility to lead the way.” One day short of Kyoto's 10th anniversary (December 10th, 2007), Al Gore presented the correct three-word prescription: "We must act." Global agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol that limit, and start to reduce, carbon dioxide emissions are essential, and won't work without full American

Greenhouse gas emissions are rising around the world at alarming rates and better action needs to be taken to ensure a future that isn’t filled with smog and life threatening pollution as seen in parts of China.