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For decades fear has been on the rise with regard to the little progress made toward the prevention and elimination of global warming. The parallel structure is awk in this sentence ---> appears that global warming is either an inevitable, unsolvable problem, or that we are too ignorant and/or indecisive to address it effectively. It is important that leaders, when forming policies that may affect global warming, carefully consider the reality of what is occurring currently and the potential for what may occur in our near future without proper planning and enforcement. Leaders should look at the growth in carbon dioxide emissions, the affect global warming has on nature, and the overall morality of various policy executions when forming new policies that relate to global warming. unclear how areas of support relate

Evaluation of the steady increase in carbon dioxide emissions is essential for educated policy making. It appears that many companies maintain strictly economic motives and use attempts to reform, such as the Kyoto Protocol, as a "business-as-usual situation" ﻿ probably referring to the fact that the US didn't participate - maybe misinterpreting the source which they "want in order to maintain their economy" ( ﻿﻿try using name instead source E). They are ignorant of the true reasoning behind such a protocol, which is to address the tremendous growth in carbon dioxide emissions that these industries are to blame for. The burning of fossil fuels "accounts for nearly three-quarters of carbon dioxide emissions, the primary global-warming gas" (source A). Nations must first acknowledge the detrimental results of their economic interests and determination. They must recognize that power to destroy also means power to heal. A mere "protection and restoration of forests" has the ability to "offset up to 20% of carbon dioxide emissions over the next 50 years" (source A). Leaders need to look at the power that rests in their hands and take action accordingly, so that their ability to influence change can be harnessed in the most efficient way. try deeper analysis, include ending transition remember to include a counterargument

Leaders must also look closely at the already present damage of global warming on plant and wildlife while deliberating further policy. The change in global ocean surface temperature from baseline has increased from -1.1 degrees to 5 degrees from 1909 to 2004. (source B) As a result, in the next century, "a sea-level rise in the order of a metre" is expected" (source E). Before long, polar bears will be extinct due to a lack of habitat, and our islands will be glazed over by what was once solid ice. These changes are rapidly and visibly occurring while we remain certain that "environmental development often stems from economic development" and we should therefore keep on destroying our planet. <- it is understandable that you are trying to prove a point, and that therefore you will exaagerate, but this is grossly extreme (source D) While we blindly lie to ourselves for selfish economic purposes, nature is suffering. Early arriving birds, "crowd out birds that migrate only in longer daylight, leaving them insufficient food" and "early blossoming flowers could be wiped out by spring snowstorms" (source F). Spring has sprung too early and we have been buried in our own narrowly channeled, prosperity/pleasure driven lives to notice the concerning "tearing apart of communities" among these species (source F). It is time that policy making leaders step out of the office and for a walk, literally and metaphorically speaking. They need to relook at the outside world that surrounds them and also expand their own confined world of presumptions and preferences within their own minds. address economic concern/ other side of argument

Lastly, leaders must address the question of morality when dealing with policy changes that may affect global warming. It is true that "there is very little doubt that global warming will change our climate in the next century," that nature is suffering, and carbon dioxide emissions can be put to blame for a good amount of this. But that still leaves us with a frustrating reality- that even though such programs as the Kyoto Protocol have negotiated cuts of emissions "between 3 and 8%... while scientists have suggested up to a 60% global cut" is necessary for any sort of significant impact. (source E) Despite any effort to thwart this global warming attack on our planet we will still remain unable to conquer it entirely, or even partially. This leaves us with the moral question of whether or not to continue with our efforts period. Do we continue to strive to make improvements for future generations ﻿ also consider third-world development when we may be only wasting our time and resources? No, we must "invariably choose to prioritize in using our limited resources;" we must "find a level at which there is sufficiently little pollution, such that our money, effort and time is better spent solving other problems" (source D). 2% of the worlds' GDP- the expenditure needed to stabilize global warming- may be better off spent on addressing current problems, such as world hunger, than an issue that is above our heads, and too unrealistic, to solve. Good- it can be seen that you did extra research and have developed an opinion on an issue which is not even mentioned much in the packet

It is no question that global warming is happening and happening fast. It touches us individually, as a nation, and as a planet. But where we go from there must be determined only after careful balancing made between what we want our world to look like and what it is realistically possible for our world to look like. At some point we are dreaming. We eventually simply humans who want it all- economic prosperity and environmental protection. Being in constant possession of these two comforting ideals is entirely unrealistic. But because we are human we dream, and just keep on dreaming. Connecting this to the outside world is good, however be sure to at least sneak in a bit more of your thesis. I understand that repeating it or rewording it can seem repetitive and unprofessional, but it is important to include it to pull the essay together.