Climate Change (First Draft)

Climate change is a serious issue in this world today, and the situation is nothing new. Due to the lack of awareness, climate change is getting worse and worse over time. Every area around the world is being affected with warming winters causing ice areas to slowly melt away to increased temperatures in the summer leading to longer and more unbearable heat waves. One country has made several efforts to share out their thoughts on climate change and firmly believe human activity is the reason why we have this issue, that country is the United Kingdom. The UK admitted before that with their previous methods they have made contributions to climate change but are currently making efforts to help decrease the causes and effects. The problem is that other countries don't believe that human activity is the leading cause of climate change or global warming, and people involved with the United States government believe that it is not real. Everybody needs to do their proper research because looking over what this world has done after the industrial revolution; we are the leading cause of climate change. Going back to the UK’s views on global warming, the UK are firm believers that “rising levels of carbon dioxide and other gasses, such as methane, in the atmosphere, create a ‘greenhouse effect,' trapping the sun’s energy and causing the Earth, and in particular the oceans, to warm.” This is happening by burning fossil fuels for energy and acts such as deforestation, and these harmful acts to the atmosphere have all been created by human activity.


There are many ways the UK can be affected by climate change. One way this nation can be affected is by increased temperatures in the summer. Hotter summers can cause more droughts, leading to increased difficulty of growing traditional crops. Hotter weather also includes heat waves to become more common and cold winters to become rarer. Rising temperatures will also affect the wildlife. As storms begin to become stronger, this causes damages to animals habitats. The change in temperatures can also affect the behavior of the animals, which can lead to an unbalance between prey and their predators. What people have to realize is that these effects can happen to any other country, not just the UK.


In terms of the UK's economy, they currently hold the 5th global ranking in the GDP category. Their current GDP is $2.8 trillion as of 2015 where their GDP per capita is $42,500. The labor force includes 33.17 million people. The United Kingdom has made these reasonable efforts for their nation but most importantly for the betterment of the world. Their economy is doing great and only has a 5.1 percent unemployment rate; this nation has the money to improve any necessary efforts in pushing a real motive for fighting climate change. Climate change is affecting every aspect on this planet, and it is the time everyone owns up to their mistakes and contribution to global warming as a whole and do what’s right. The United Kingdom can't push away climate change by themselves as it is a global issue. By everyone chipping in and making an effort only good conditions can occur, and the UK can ensure themselves that they will do their part.

The reason why I am favoring this nation is that they have admitted to contributing to climate change and continue to impress me with the efforts to help prevent the issue. The UK is currently part of the Kyoto Protocol, which is an international agreement for nations around the world, setting reduction targets for their countries on emissions. The country has come up with a 2050 target, which is the goal of reducing gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050 from 1990 levels. By following up to achieve this objective, they are also building a low-carbon economy.

Other countries should do the same as the United Kingdom. The problem is that not everyone is on the same page whether this issue is real or not which is ridiculous, don’t know what they are doing is hurting our current environments or don’t care at all. The first step in resolving this issue or coming closer to a significant change is to get everyone to buy in first.

Climate change (final speech) RESEARCH

Population (2017):

• 65,511,098
• Population growth rate: 0.53%
• Global rank: 21st
• Urban Population: 81.9% (53,627,859)
• Median age: 40.5 years
• Birth rate: 12.1 births/1,000 population
• Death rate: 9.4 deaths/1,000 population
• Leading religion: Christian with 59.5%

Economy:

• Third largest economy in Europe after Germany and France
• Affected by the global financial crisis in 2008
• Ex. falling home prices, higher consumer debt
• GDP: 2.78 trillion
• GDP per capita: 42,500
• Labor force: 33.17 million
• Unemployment rate: 5.1%
• Public debt: 92.2% of GDP

Views on Climate Change:

• UK Government strongly believes that human activity has been the reason for these changes since the industrial revolution
• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by investing in low-carbon energy sources

Effects on the United Kingdom:

• Heavier rains are occurring which could lead to drier summers and wetter winters
• Rising temperatures will affect wildlife
• Large storms damaging habitat’s
• Behavior changes with animals leading to an unbalance between prey and predators
• Hotter summers causing more droughts, leading to increased difficulty of growing traditional crops
• Positive: could be a possibility to grow peaches, maize, and sunflowers

https://www.theccc.org.uk/tackling-climate-change/the-legal-landscape/global-action-on-climate-change/

http://www.climatechangenews.com/2014/01/17/uk-has-made-largest-contribution-to-global-warming-says-study/

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35037983

Climate Change (final speech proposal)

Climate change is a serious issue in this world today and the situation is nothing new. Due to the lack of awareness, climate change is getting worse and worse over time. Every area around the world is being affected with warming winters causing ice areas to slowly melt away to increased temperatures in the summer leading to longer and more unbearable heat waves. One country has made several efforts to share out their thoughts on climate change and strongly believe human activity is the reason why we have this issue, that country is the United Kingdom. The UK admitted before that with their previous methods they have made contributions to climate change but are currently making efforts to help decrease the causes and effects. The problem is that other countries don't believe that human activity is the leading cause of climate change or global warming, and people involved with the United States government believe that it is not real. Everybody needs to do their proper research because looking over what this world has done after the industrial revolution, we are the leading cause of climate change. Going back to the UK’s views on global warming, the UK are firm believers that “rising levels of carbon dioxide and other gasses, such as methane, in the atmosphere, create a ‘greenhouse effect,' trapping the sun’s energy and causing the Earth, and in particular the oceans, to warm.” This is happening by burning fossil fuels for energy and acts such as deforestation, and these harmful acts to the atmosphere have all been created by human activity.

The reason why I am favoring this nation is because they have admitted to contributing to climate change and continue to impress me with the efforts to help prevent the issue. The UK is currently part of the Kyoto Protocol, which is an international agreement for nations around the world, setting reduction targets for their countries on emissions. The country has come up with a 2050 target, which is the goal of reducing gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050 from 1990 levels. By following up to achieve this objective, they are also building a low-carbon economy.

Other countries should do the same as the United Kingdom. The problem is that not everyone is bought into the fact this issue is real or not which is ridiculous, don’t know what they are doing is hurting our current environments or don’t care at all. The first step in resolving this issue or coming closer to a significant change is to get everyone to buy in first.

2nd debate reflection

In terms of this debate, I believe I did okay because I didn't manage time properly and didn't touch on some key points in terms of parent's coming into play. I would say I got close to half of what I wanted to say. I could have used some stats in terms of performance from actually doing homework. I believe my use of pathos was relevant to the subject at hand but could have elaborated a little more.

I believe the other team won simply because I was not able to touch on everything I wanted to get to.

2nd Debate research

• For younger children
• Kids go to school for at least six hours of the day.
• Our intended goals for our young children is to make sure they get an education but are also having fun and having a great childhood experience
• Young kids are busy and they shouldn’t be busy with homework, that's just the way children are. Younger kids need chances to play
• Giving homework is only adding extra time outside of school and it is a little too much for going to school for six hours
• The kids should be able to learn a lot in six hours if they being taught in the proper system
• Older children
• Older students are busier than younger ones.
• Many like to involve themselves with sports, clubs or any extracurricular activity of some sort
• Parents helping with homework
• The teachers are the ones giving the homework and they are the ones that understand what needs to be done for the assignment that they gave out.
• Most parents are years out of school because they are grown adults and have jobs, you can be lucky by having a parent who is a teacher for math, english or any other subject, but the problem is not everyone’s parent is a teacher.
• Enforcing homework and relying on the parents to be the practitioner can cause problems simply because teachers could have different agenda’s

TED Talk Link

https://youtu.be/aeYnQR__OVw

TED Talks reflection

Making my first TED Talk was quite interesting. At first I thought I wouldnt be able to create one simply because all of the TED Talks that I have watched online have always been excellent in terms of introducing the audiences and presenting their information. I think what made it easier for me was knowing that I can record myself in private, im only a little shy in front of a crowd but only because its not a normal thing for me. Instead of being afraid or lack of confidence it just feels awkward so recording myself and critiquing myself through the process was a big factor in completing the assignment.

Did good:
I believe all of my information was correct and I was confident to give it out. Wathcing myself in my own video I dont feel I looked nervous at all I thought I was very direct.

Could do better:
I tend to have a low voice when speaking towards people or objects that are fairly close to me so I could have spoken louder and just edit the volume of my voice later on. I feel I could have dressed a little more formally because I look at all the TED Talks and all of them are dressed somewhat formally and somewhat casually. Trying to implement methods from those TEDTalks into my own I feel is key in trying to create a presentation similar to the ones that are done professionally.