Analysis Of Alice Bows-Larkin's TED Talks

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In this TED Talks video, presenter Alice Bows-Larkin presents statistics and consensus regarding climate change and the impact of greenhouse gases. Bows-Larkin presents that our actions, choices and behaviors are the reason greenhouse gasses are raising and there is a profound negative impact. We can choose to take climate change seriously and cut greenhouse gas emissions or ignore and choose to adapt in the future to the severity of issues that will arise from the ignorance. Likewise, we do not have a choice, climate change is happening.
Government and policy makers indicate a two percent warming which has a dangerous impact on the environment and the cause of extreme weather. The impact is subjective depending on the wealth of the nation

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