Climate Change Informative Speech

Climate change is an issue that affects all, and yet some do not even accept that it exists. Climate change is causing glaciers to melt, sea levels to rise, more droughts and heat waves to occur, and even more intense tropical storms. These are just a few examples of the effects of climate change, but there are even more devastating effects such as polar bears having to search for new food sources, on land, because of the sea ice they rely on for hunting melting at a more rapid pace. Climate change enthusiasts have even said, “The struggle to save the global environment is in one way much more difficult than the struggle to vanquish Hitler, for this time the war is with ourselves. We are the enemy, just as we have only ourselves as allies”(“Al”). The effects of climate change are indeed devastating, but the question I want to find an answer to is how do we lessen the effects of these effects that climate change causes? The reason I want to find a solution to my question is that I believe that the Earth is counting down towards catastrophe, and a solution must be found to save it. To find an answer to this question I explored five sources, all of which are articles.

Climate change has become a major issue in global environmental politics as it has been shown to have a correlation with issues such as deforestation, biodiversity loss, and desertification. As Chapter 45 states “The 2007 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) found consensus in the scientific community that greenhouse gas emissions have significantly increased because of human activity and, further, that the modest temperature increases we have already experienced are “very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations.” Due to this report awareness was brought to almost everyone of how serious human activity was to the global climate. In 2009, it was declared that “If global warming is to be limited to a maximum of two degrees C. above preindustrial values, global emissions need to peak between 2015 and 2020 and then decline rapidly”. To me this sounds foreboding and it is something that deserves our full attention immediately. To try and get a better understanding of how serious climate change is, I’m going to try and interpret chapter 45 which deals on climate change through 5 different paradigms of International Relations.

Climate change conspirators/deniers is a problem to today’s population. Climate change is defined as any irregularities in earth’s weather (NASA, 2017). Individuals who deny the scientific facts that are climate change is an interesting subset of the population. Climate change conspiracy theories typically challenge the scientific proof and ultimately claim that climate change is a hoax. The reasons these individuals give vary. For one, a major claim is that climate change is natural and not a result of human behaviour/consumption patterns. Another main argument is that the science is not reliable. Despite both, and hundreds of other arguments against climate change being proven wrong, these deniers continue to believe that climate change does not exist. The primary conspiracy theory that will be focused on is the belief that climate change is a sham. Two research questions that would help understand why individuals choose to believe this conspiracy theory are: are there any common demographics among climate change deniers; and, how is this belief perpetuated in the media?

In “ Think Again: Climate change,” Bill Mckibben addresses the climate change catastrophe. The damage has already begun and it may be too late to save the planet. There has been many debates and controversies on climate change, but that is about to change, and scientists have accepted the fact that humans are warming the planet. In 2007, the Arctic Ocean melted more ice than ever before. Again in 2008, more ice was melted and the Arctic is now open water. In addition, other regions will eventually suffer from crop loss and food shortages. Eventually, climate change will force states to start conflicts and wars over resources.

As a conclusion, climate change is getting more dangerous for SINCE? decades and its consequence for the planet and its habitants are awful: disappearance of many species, melting ice, coral bleaching, warming oceans, extreme heat and much more to come. Every citizen of the blue planet is capable, on his or her scale, of reversing this change by increasing investments in climate science and in research, by embracing green infrastructures and by supporting climate actions that are made all

President Trump, will the United States, will be the only government to take an opposing view on Globe warming. According to the CNN reporter, Michael Mann, Syria has offered to join in on the Paris climate agreement. Luckily, a new report released by two credible and major organizations on climate change, the US National Climate Assessment, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Mann reports, “a massive report assembled by hundreds of our nation's best scientists.” is keeping the shot light on the Trump administration.

With proof that our water levels are rising, our temperatures are rising, and our ice caps are melting should show that this is a problem that needs fixed above all. We need to start saving our planet. We should set laws, try our best personally to reduce our carbon footprint and try to make our atmosphere better. With help from people around the world we can stop climate change and help this planet for the better. We should invest our money in alternative power, conduct more research about the chemicals we are putting into our atmosphere, protect the oceans, and put regulations on companies that produce power or materials that release carbon or methane into the atmosphere. Stopping climate change will not be easy. Every single country on the planet has to participate in the clean up but with your help, we will be able to convince every country and every government that this problem needs to be fixed and fixed

Environmentalists believe that climate change is a significant issue that the government needs to work on it. Scientists have explained that many events including drought, flooding, severe weather, rising sea levels, acidifying rains, and wildfires have affected people’s lives and the planet due to climate change. Climate change is caused by increasing heat in the atmosphere. The consumption of fossil fuels and other emissions are trapping carbon dioxide in the air, which increases the temperature and the more carbon dioxide humans produce the more the environment rises in temperature (Meyer, 2017). The hotter temperature affects environment, economy, health, and security. For example, people who live near coal mines are at higher risk to get asthma than other places, or fishermen suffer from ocean acidification because their income is heavily relying on fishing (Frank, 2012). These two examples indicate that climate change is threatening the environment and can create disruptions.

“we know that the costs of these events can be measured in lost lives and lost livelihoods, lost homes, lost businesses, hundreds of billions of dollars in emergency services and disaster relief. In fact, those who are already feeling the effects of climate change don’t have time to deny it -- they’re busy dealing with it.”(Barack Obama, ) To what extent should the U.S. government alleviate climate change in America .Climate change can affect our country through a number of factors cultural, social and natural. However what is being done to cut down pollution, global warming and any other factors of climate change that is hazardous to our country are all the perspectives that are into consideration when trying to find a solution to this worldly problem. How the alleviates climate change and do what needs to be done determines the sustainability of America for future generations.

For climate change day, I went up to the capital to listen to Governor Dayton speak about the topic, and what is in the future. Governor Dayton talked about the goal for Minnesota to become 50% renewable energy by the year 2030. People listening had a chance to ask him questions, and one of the questions that really made everyone agree with was, “If Minnesota eventually wants to become 100% clean energy, why are we still allowing oil companies on our land to pump oil, the shipment of oil products through Minnesota, and the use of energy causing pollution in Minnesota?” I personally thought Dayton’s response was pretty, because he addressed it very well with the following, “If we were to completely cut off the use and shipment of any oil products

there has been many documented reports on climate change. There are still many people who believe that climate change is false. Most skeptics say that global warming is just one of Earth's many global cycles. They say they will have a stretch of Ice Age then swinging from massive glaciers to normal heat that is bearable to live in. You can hear this argument for many people from relatives and friends to even people on the news.Berkeley a nonprofit research and suit folks on climate change has released a paper on global warming hiatus. In 2015 Berkeley Starpointe now modern buoys that measure ocean temperatures tend to report slightly cooler temperatures than older ship-based systems even when measuring in the same parts of the ocean at same

Climate change is a subject that has sparked much debate in recent years, but for those who have come to the realization that this is truth know that the effects on our planet can lead to much devastation. However, in Iceland researchers have uncovered a method that could help slow down, if not turn around climate change by turning the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, into rock deep underground. Results from their research show that injecting the gas into volcanic rock leads to a new carbonate material, and this has the potential of locking up that gas forever.

Climate change is the term used to describe the warming of the average surface temperature on earth. Climate change; often referred to as the general term global warming, is a topic that often inspires fierce debate among those on both sides of the issue. One thing those who are pro and those that are con both agree on is that the temperature on earth has increased over the past century by an average of 1.4 degrees. The big debate on the two sides is if the warming temperatures are caused by human activities and if it is not stopped it will have dire consequences (the pro side) or if it is the result of natural causes and the earth’s surface will find ways to adapt such as crops becoming more heat resistant (the con side).

Thesis Statement: Global warming is a growing concern of scientists and researchers who believe that it is a serious problem for our planet. The concerns and research have also been questioned and have even been called myths. Millions of people find themselves affected by these weather pattern changes and are concerned for their futures. Activists on both sides of the argument are very passionate and not afraid to attack each other in every way they can. There are many questions that are still not answered, however, we continue to see drastic weather changes to Earth. We must go beyond the arguments and learn as much as we can to stop what could possibly lead to the destruction of our planet, our way of life and our future.

According to Alina Bradford in the article, What is global warming?, “Global warming is the gradual heating of Earth's surface, oceans, and atmosphere.” Scientists have tracked and determining if the earth temperature has risen or is decreasing. Scientists have seen an increase of about 1.4 degrees in temperature in the past century and are supposed to keep rising. Climate change is a huge issue because sea level is rising, Glaciers are disappearing due to climate, increasing and melting them, damage ecosystem, and also droughts in many countries. All of those reasons don't just affect me but everything on this planet. Everyone on earth is involved with global warming, For example Bangladesh, Sudan, and Haiti have all been major affected by global warming, Many of their crops are getting destroyed and floods are killing and destroying citizen homes and lands. The top five countries that are threatened by Global Warming are Haiti, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, and Madagascar. There aren't much recent development, but NASA has put out a reported saying that over the last century that we have burned fossil fuel such as coal, oil, and gasses which have increased the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide, the greenhouse effect.