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Discussion: Should the United States participate in global conferences and sign binding treaties with other nations in an effort to reduce the effects of climate change? Is climate change significant or is it all hype?
Directions: After posting your initial response, respond to two other students’ posts with your opinion of their evidence and/or position statements. Responses such as, “I agree” or “good idea” are not acceptable and will receive no credit. The response must add to the scholarly dialogue presenting the reasons for your opinion and supporting documentation cited.
Peer#1 Sel
It is important that the United States stays involved with science, the growing global warming issues, and climate change. If we had a country that did not care about these issues it would make us very ignorant compared to other countries who have done their part to protect their people from these growing issues. These issues are due part from our own human activity. Once we as whole unite on this issue we can make for better changes and policy implementations. Thomas R. Dye puts it quite perfectly from this week’s chapter 13 reading, “Ignoring these economic realities simply wastes the resources of society, lowers our standard of living, and in the long run impairs our ability to deal effectively with any societal problem, including environmental protection” (Dye, R. T. 2017).
One example of a treaty that the United States has been apart is the Paris Climate Agreement. This is, “The Paris Agreement is a landmark environmental accord that was adopted by nearly every nation in 2015 to address climate change and its negative impacts” (Denchak, M. 2018). The arrangement expects to considerably decrease worldwide ozone depleting substance outflows with an end goal to restrict the worldwide temperature increment in this century to 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, while seeking after intends to restrict the expansion to 1.5 degrees. The arrangement incorporates duties from all major transmitting nations to cut their atmosphere modifying contamination and to fortify those responsibilities after some time (Denchak, M. 2018). This serves as a pact from all the nations and even the underdeveloped ones as a way to assist in climate change efforts.
Climate change and global warming is very significant and we are the cause of the issue. It is mostly the greenhouse gas emissions that we generate that are cause of earth’s rapidly changing climate (Denchak, M. 2017). As environmental change changes worldwide biological systems, it influences everything from the spots we live to the water we drink to our air.
References
Denchak, M. (2018) Paris Climate Agreement: Everything You Need to Know. Retrieved From:
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/paris-climate-agreement-everything-you-need-know (Links to an external site.)
Denchak, M. (2017) Global Climate Change: What You Need to Know. Retrieved From:
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/paris-climate-agreement-everything-you-need-know (Links to an external site.)
Dye, T. R. (2017) Understanding public policy. Boston, MA: Pearson.
Peer# 2 Reb
Dye (2017) sets the stage for climate control policy discussion by highlighting media’s commentary promulgating a catastrophic warming of climate impact necessitating increased regulation (p. 247). Such headlines communicate a sense of urgency toward setting a path to establish sound policy to ensure climate induced pollution is held in check to avoid further negative influence. Establishing a framework for pollution controls needs to reach an expanded audience of industrial influences and consumer patterns. Such regulatory pursuits can be punitive given enforcement measures to maintain compliance. An alternative could be an educational effort to facilitate a value-based understanding of negative influences and behaviors. Policy based on global agreements equates to the Unites States paying the bill for compliance of other regions. This seems rather presumptuous and subject to failure. Binding agreements have little impact, but do offer good prospects for collapse. For any population caring of the environment in which they live, labels can distract. Climate change is a politically charged phrase that distracts from engendering broad based support. A policy of environmental guidelines is reasonable. Setting policy based on fear due to the number of storms, increased temperatures over multiple seasons, or any additional weather defined anomalies, seems unreasonable. Policy moguls also seek remedy through the courts in establishing environmental guidelines. A just and fair advancement of environmental issues cannot be furthered upon a global stage. To set the issue into context, many struggle with this idea of what is a fair and just distribution of rights and responsibilities (Babatunde, 2020, p. 263). Finding direction on the global market is a misdirection. Depending on government to direct behavior is an overreach.
References
Babatunde, E. O. (2020). Distributive justice in the age of climate change. The Canadian
Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, 33(2), 263-292.
http://dx.doi.org.db07.linccweb.org/10.1017/cjlj.2020.13
Dye, T. R. (2017). Understanding public policy (15th ed., p. 247). Pearson Education, Inc.
Please respond to the 2 peers only
Discussion
: Should the United States participate in global conferences and sign binding treaties with
other nations in
an effort to reduce the effects of climate change? Is climate change significant or is it all
hype?
Directions:
After posting your initial response, respond to two other students’ posts
with your opinion of
their evidence and/or position statements.
Responses such as, “I agree” or “good idea” are not
acceptable and will receive no credit. The response must add to t
he scholarly dialogue presenting the
reasons for your opinion and supporting documentation cited.
Peer#1 Sel
It is important that the United States stays involved with science, the growing global warming issues,
and climate change. If we had a country that did not
care about these issues it would make us very
ignorant compared to other countries who have done their part to protect their people from these
growing issues. These issues are due part from our own human activity. Once we as whole unite on this
issue we ca
n make for better changes and policy implementations. Thomas R. Dye puts it quite perfectly
from this week’s chapter 13 reading, “Ignoring these economic realities simply wastes the resources of
society, lowers our standard of living, and in the long run i
mpairs our ability to deal effectively with any
societal problem, including environmental protection” (Dye, R. T. 2017).
One example of a treaty that the United States has been apart is the Paris Climate Agreement.
This is, “The Paris Agreemen
t is a landmark environmental accord that was adopted by nearly every
nation in 2015 to address climate change and its negative impacts” (Denchak, M. 2018). The
arrangement expects to considerably decrease worldwide ozone depleting substance outflows with
an
end goal to restrict the worldwide temperature increment in this century to 2 degrees Celsius above
preindustrial levels, while seeking after intends to restrict the expansion to 1.5 degrees. The
arrangement incorporates duties from all major transmitti
ng nations to cut their atmosphere modifying
contamination and to fortify those responsibilities after some time (Denchak, M. 2018). This serves as a
pact from all the nations and even the underdeveloped ones as a way to assist in climate change efforts.
Climate change and global warming is very significant and we are the cause of the issue. It is
mostly the greenhouse gas emissions that we generate that are cause of earth’s rapidly changing
climate (Denchak, M. 2017). As environmental change c
hanges worldwide biological systems, it
influences everything from the spots we live to the water we drink to our air.
References
Denchak, M. (2018) Paris Climate Agreement: Everything You Need to Know. Retrieved From:
https://www.nrdc.org/s
tories/paris
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climate
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agreement
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everything
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know (Links to an
external site.)
Please respond to the 2 peers only
Discussion: Should the United States participate in global conferences and sign binding treaties with
other nations in an effort to reduce the effects of climate change? Is climate change significant or is it all
hype?
Directions: After posting your initial response, respond to two other students’ posts with your opinion of
their evidence and/or position statements. Responses such as, “I agree” or “good idea” are not
acceptable and will receive no credit. The response must add to the scholarly dialogue presenting the
reasons for your opinion and supporting documentation cited.
Peer#1 Sel
It is important that the United States stays involved with science, the growing global warming issues,
and climate change. If we had a country that did not care about these issues it would make us very
ignorant compared to other countries who have done their part to protect their people from these
growing issues. These issues are due part from our own human activity. Once we as whole unite on this
issue we can make for better changes and policy implementations. Thomas R. Dye puts it quite perfectly
from this week’s chapter 13 reading, “Ignoring these economic realities simply wastes the resources of
society, lowers our standard of living, and in the long run impairs our ability to deal effectively with any
societal problem, including environmental protection” (Dye, R. T. 2017).
One example of a treaty that the United States has been apart is the Paris Climate Agreement.
This is, “The Paris Agreement is a landmark environmental accord that was adopted by nearly every
nation in 2015 to address climate change and its negative impacts” (Denchak, M. 2018). The
arrangement expects to considerably decrease worldwide ozone depleting substance outflows with an
end goal to restrict the worldwide temperature increment in this century to 2 degrees Celsius above
preindustrial levels, while seeking after intends to restrict the expansion to 1.5 degrees. The
arrangement incorporates duties from all major transmitting nations to cut their atmosphere modifying
contamination and to fortify those responsibilities after some time (Denchak, M. 2018). This serves as a
pact from all the nations and even the underdeveloped ones as a way to assist in climate change efforts.
Climate change and global warming is very significant and we are the cause of the issue. It is
mostly the greenhouse gas emissions that we generate that are cause of earth’s rapidly changing
climate (Denchak, M. 2017). As environmental change changes worldwide biological systems, it
influences everything from the spots we live to the water we drink to our air.
References
Denchak, M. (2018) Paris Climate Agreement: Everything You Need to Know. Retrieved From:
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/paris-climate-agreement-everything-you-need-know (Links to an
external site.)