Clean Air for Future Generations

Paper Summary:

This essay argues strongly for mankind to take action against the effects of global warming. A description of the problem is presented, including the causes of global warming. The author also illustrates the potential damage caused by climate change if environmental damage is not controlled. The paper examines the benefits that could be derived from the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement by which industrialized nations have committed to making substantial reductions in their emissions of greenhouse gases. The author concludes by encouraging activism in order to combat this problem.

Outline:
Introduction
Attention
Reveal Topic
Credibility
Preview
Body
Need Step: Create Awareness of the Problem and the Need for Change
Satisfaction Step: Satisfy the Need with a Solution to the Problem
Visualization Step: Intensify Interest by Visualizing Benefits-Action Step: Call Audience to Action with a Specific Action
Summary
Call for Action
Closing
Bibliography

From the Paper:

"The very first thing we should do is look at the benefits that could be derived from the Kyoto Protocol. "The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement, negotiated in December 1997, by which industrialized nations have committed to making substantial reductions in their emissions of greenhouse gases by 2012. More than 160 countries have committed to the agreement thus far (ELC, 2006)" - except for the United States! "With the United States on the sidelines, the Kyoto treaty could end up as ineffectual as the post-World War I League of Nations. But by uniting the vast majority of the world's nations, Kyoto could equally be the harbinger of an international model that rewards pollution-cutting innovation and pushes countries and companies to pursue cleaner forms of growth."

Sample of Sources Used:

• The Environmental Literacy Council. Kyoto Protocol. 30 May 2006. 15 August 2006. <http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/278.html>.
• Greenpeace International. Kyoto Protocol becomes Law: The New Dawn for the Climate. 16 February 2005. 15 August 2006. <http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/kyoto-protocol-becomes-law>.
• Karon, Tony. When it Comes to Kyoto, the U.S. is the "Rogue Nation." 24 July 2001.15 August 2006. <http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,168701,00.html>.
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Kyoto Protocol. December 1997. 15 August 2006. <http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/convkp/kpeng.html>.
• Vedantam, Shankar. Kyoto Treaty Takes Effect Today - Impact on Global Warming May Be Largely Symbolic. The Washington Post Company. 16 February 2005. 15 August 2006. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27318-2005Feb15.html>.

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