Time to Tackle Humanity's Greatest Challenge: Climate Change

This report discusses the pressing issue of climate change and the need for logical reasoning and critical evaluation of sources of information. It presents arguments based on deductive and inductive reasoning and evaluates sources such as U.S. Public Views on Climate and Energy and Emissions Gap Report.

Time to Tackle
Humanity’s Greatest
Challenge: Climate
Change

Table of Contents
Main Topic: Time to Tackle Humanity’s Greatest Challenge: Climate Change.............................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Application of Logical reasoning to analyse the arguments presented............................................1
Critical evaluation of the sources of information............................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

Main Topic: Time to Tackle Humanity’s Greatest Challenge: Climate Change
INTRODUCTION
One of the most pressing and greatest challenges and issues of current time faced by all
humanity and scientists is climate change that is threating the lives as well as creating
destructions for livelihoods of billions of people (Prideaux, Thompson and Pabel, 2020). It has
been seen and analysed that logical reasoning tends to important and forms out a vital aspect of
learning as Logical reasoning is an important skill which is use during all kinds of daily
situations and it also helps in making important decisions based on discern the truth, solve
problems, come up with new ideas and set achievable goals (Kim and et. al., 2020). Beside this,
it has been analysed and reviewed that the critical evaluation of sources of information is also
tend to be important as it helps in determining that whether a set of information that has been
analysed and found is credible and reliable in nature or not. Thus, importance of critical
evaluation of sources of information comprises of evaluation of the source of that information
critically, regardless of whether the publication is printed or one that have found online through
reviewing its sources, author and message convey (Alston, 2020). Further, the current report
comprises of and conducted in relation to having effective implication of the logical reasoning in
order to effective present the set argument together with leading an effective evaluation of the
used information source for current study.
Application of Logical reasoning to analyse the arguments presented
Logical reasoning tends to comprises of a form of thinking that tend to reflects about a
premises as well as pre-set relations that tend to exists between premises are also used in a
rigorous form of manner with the main aim of inferring and reaching a specific conclusions
which seemed to be are entailed (or implied) for the premises and the relations. An argument
about the scientific and international community on the topic of climate change has ben also
provided in the current case study. It has been presented and reflected in the current case study
that the science behind the greenhouse effects is end to quite simple and scientist has understood
quite earlier and it has been analysed that the atmosphere was trapping and observing the heat
coming from the planet that is main cause of greenhouse effect and global warming. Thus, in this
argument the author has presented some scientific information and states that is reflecting about
the main cause and reason of the greenhouse effect (Chomsky, Pollin and Polychroniou, 2020).
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Thus, in this argument the type of deductive logical reasoning has been used as it based on
systematic and practical nature of information.
The another vital argument that has been presented within the current case study was tend to
be based on the global acceptance of the consequences of the greenhouse effect and climate
change. The argument presented that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC) is tend to seemed for having higher committing to stabilise greenhouse gas
concentrations in the atmosphere which has become essential at this level that would prevent
dangerous anthropogenic [human-caused] interference with the climate system. Further, in the
current argument an analysis about the call for having immediate action to control the negative
impact of humanity in climate change is needed by the way of pledging to reduce the carbon
emission and other pollutants so that to ensure that global temperature rise well below 2°C above
pre-industrial levels (Shen and et. al., 2020). Further, the current argument also comprises of
discussion about the fact that now even the ordinary citizens are also appreciating and
understanding the challenges and dangers of human caused climate change. Thus, the current
argument is based on the theoretical nature of information and also tend to comprises of the
analysis of the human behaviour and their attitude towards the rising concern of the human
caused climate change. Thus, the type of logical reasoning used in current argument is based on
inductive approach that us reflecting the human behaviour along with setting creation of new
theory based on nature and attitude ordinary citizen and human being (Kumar and Bhattacharya,
2021).
Further, current has ben reflected and presented that the nearly around the 80% of
Americans believe that the human activities are the main factors which is contributing and
leading to climate change while over 60% consider climate change a major threat caused by the
cation of humanity (Norouzi, Fani and Ziarani, 2020). Thus, based on this argument an analysis
can be made that the many cap and trade legislation has need to be implicated in the America and
US to have a check on carbon emission along with need to work with a more comprehensive
manner with the Europe to have effective climate programmes. Thus, the logical reasoning used
within these arguments are tend to base on deductive approach as many facts are collected in
numeric forms and statistically data has been presented based on surveys. Thus, it presents the
systematic and testing manner of logical reasoning based on deductive approach (Tung and
Yaseen, 2020).
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Along with this, one of the argument that has been mentioned in current cases study
comprises of the facts that climate change is not tend to a coming crisis but it has emerged as a
biggest challenge now. It has been analysed that the planet has warmed by 1°C compared to pre-
industrial times and that the millions of people are already suffering the its negative effects.
Along with this, it has been also seen and reviewed that the Pacific Islanders are losing their
homes to rising seas that is creating a vital issues of desertification that is tend to swallowing up
that Africa’s Sahel, and also leading the heatwaves which are ravaging India (Clark and et. al.,
2020). Along with this, climate change is taken as threat mutilator as its continuously leading to
the rising temperature that has worsen the resource conflicts and drive population towards a
higher migration and fragile state. Based on this argument, it has been evaluated that the global
warming is making the island to go underwater and it has been observed that the Pacific’s group
of islands are effective along emergency that is demanding unprecedented global action. Further,
a conclusion can be made that addressing climate change situation and challenges required to
have and involve renewable energy along with the issue of low-carbon transportation as well as
the challenges rated with the energy efficiency. Further, it has been seen and analysed that the
adopting of the sustainable agriculture as well as ecosystem restoration are also effective way to
reduce the impact of climate change along with other innovative ideas. Thus, a type of deductive
local reasoning has been applied by the author that is presenting the cause as well as the solution
for the identified problem in a systematic and practical manner (Balogun, and et. al., 2020).
Critical evaluation of the sources of information
The current case study comprises of use of information from the various sources written by
many authors an evaluation and analysis of which has been provide in this section to review and
evaluate about the reliability and authenticity of the information. One of the sources of
information that has been used within current case study comprises of the U.S. Public Views on
Climate and Energy. The author and writer this source of information was Funk, C. and
Hefferon, M. which has been written during the year of 2019. Implication of the CRAP test has
been made to evaluate and review the information provided by this sources as. It has been
observed that the selected source of information is being written during the year 2019 thus it tells
that the information available is not obsolete and related to current situation (Kim and et. al.,
2020). Further, this source is facilitating the detailed and effective information about the Public
views of US society on the topic of climate change thus, the source of information is relevant for
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current case study. Further, the current article is considering roper copyrights and has been dully
published through online sources thus having the due authority also. Along with this, the
purpose of current sources has been also clearly presented which is focused on presenting view
of people of US about the climate change based on survey thus, supports authentic and reliable
set of information.
The another source of information selected for current study is Svante Arrhenius written
by the Graham, S. during the year of 2000. The main purpose of this source of information is to
asked the vital important question based on the mean temperature of the ground in any way
influenced by the presence of the heat-absorbing gases in the atmosphere?”. Thus, the purpose of
this source of information is meeting the needs of current topic based on climate change that
makes it a relevant source of information. Further, in this source of information the Svante
Arrhenius went on to become the first person to investigate the effect that doubling atmospheric
carbon dioxide would have on global climate (Alston, 2020). Further, the current article does
not tend to be current as it was more than 20 years old and published in 2000. Further, lack of
proper authenticity and reliability of facts has been also seen in this source of information.
The another article and source of information used within the current case study tend to
comprises of the International poll: most expect to feel impact of climate change, many think it
will make us extinct which was presented by the Smith, M during the year of 2021. Thus, the
source of information is current and provided up to date set of information. Further, the main
purpose of the current source of information is to provide the information about the impact of
climate change based on the international poll that made it relevant and authentic for current case
study. Further, it is also a reliable and authentic source of information as presented by a global
online community along with leading information about the ways to engage people in a
continuous conversation about together with describing their beliefs, behaviours and brands.
Further, Emissions Gap Report is also one of source used within current study that has
been presented by the UN Environment Programme during the year of 2020 which makes it
authentic and current source of information. The main purpose of current study is to provide
latest News updates, feature stories, speeches, webinars and more highlighting progress made on
environmental matters over 50 years thus, it provides relevant set of information to meet the
topic of current study. Further, it is also having proper authority as it being published in the
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governance & leadership of government and UN environment programme (Chomsky, Pollin and
Polychroniou, 2020).
CONCLUSION
On the basis of current report, a conclusion can be made that the Climate change has been
resulting in form of rising risk of Natural disasters along with the higher level of the
environmental degradation. Further, consequences such as extreme weather patterns together
with the issue of disrupt harvests and higher deplete fisheries together with the challenge of
erode livelihoods and the higher risk and spur infectious diseases has been also lead out by
climate change. Further, it has been also reviewed and analsysed that a logical reasoning is
important and vital as it supports more essential and effective problem solving by the way of
stepping stone to success and instigate and effectively discern the problem and truth based with
new ideas. Along with this, a conclusion has been also made based on current study that the
global warming has creating an alarming situation and author has put forwards main evidence
that proof that it has created many catastrophic consequences for the entire world. Along with
this, it has been observed that the author has taken a systematic and practical way of writing
approach based on scientific background for the global warming and also explaining the its
worldwide causes. Finally, the article has been made more reliable and authentic through having
proper citation of references and it also made the source of information more traceable and
achievable.
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