ADVOCACY

FOR CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES

YULISSA MONTES / RWS 1302

INTRODUCTION RESULTS
Within the past several months President Donald Trump The results of the Burghila report were that carbon
has decided to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, an dioxide emission levels had risen significantly since the
agreement between 132 countries vowing that theyd 1950s. She also concluded that ecological systems are
dedicate research into climate change effects and how to greatly affected by climate change because it is
prevent them. President Trump believes that climate destroying the environment and habitats they live in.
change was created by the Chinese as a hoax. This is a She also emphasized on new technologies for recording
major issue because without major climate change more accurate data that represented climate change
effects.
polices, the effects of climate change will only worsen if
we keep emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
The main objective of this research is to analyze the
negative effects this action can bring to our environment.
WHAT HAPPENS IF NO MAJOR POLICIES ARE ENACTED TO
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES DECREASE THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE?
Paper written by a NASA engineer, James E. Hansen, described
To advocate the importance of climate change that were near a tipping point, a point of no return if nothing is
policies, emphasis on the negative effects that will done about the issue. There are several things that can be done in
order to slow down the effects but we are just not on that route.
occur.
Determine the causes and effects of climate change. CO2
Warming of the emissions
Earth by more into the
than 1C will atmosphere
BACKGROUND make Earth
warmer than it Further warming by
rise annually
by 2%
has been in a 2C or 3C will
The reason why climate change is so widely debated is million years result in a virtually
different planet
due to misinformation portrayed by the media and the
idea of psychological distance.
Perceived distance:
Where individuals think that the likelihood of
an event occurring is low or they think its far
into the future. CONCLUSIONS
Misinformation: WHY IS CLIMATE CHANGE AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO If no major policies are enacted to slow down the effects of
Media content is flawed by its journalists being ADDRESS RIGHT NOW? climate change, they will only worsen because
misinformed about the issue as well as major The primary research used was a report written by Ice caps will melt, there will be massive heat waves, the carbon
corporations like Exxon mobile, who thrive off Daniela Burghila and her associates. In this paper, dioxide emissions will increase annually by 2% causing the earth to
Burghila and her associates present evidence found warm by 2 or 3 degrees Celsius.
of the burning of fossil fuels, pay media to
throughout the years conveying that climate change has Sea levels will rise, consuming coastal cities, there will be more air
portray the issue differently. been occurring for several years now. Burghila argues pollution, destroying habitats.
that the increasing urbanization and industrialization Ways in which effects can be reduced:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS lead to natural resources chaotic consumption, massive Mitigation techniques
Burghila, D. (2015). Climate Change Effects- Where to Next? Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia, pollution, natural disasters and an irreversible imbalance Advocate for major climate change policies to be enacted by signing
6, 405-412.
of Earths system. online petitions through organizations.
Hansen, J. E. (2006). Can We Still Dangerous Human-Made Climate Change? Social Research, 73(3), 949-
974.