Argumentative Essay On Climate Change

Politicians have been tirelessly debating whether climate change is an issue that requires the government to provide federal funding to organizations which research climate change. Each year, the views of the democrats and republicans on climate change have drifted towards opposite ends (Dunlap & McCright, 2008). Compared to the republican party, significantly more people from the democratic party believe that climate change has begun and believe that it will pose a serious threat to humans within their lifetime (Dunlap & McCright, 2008). The lack of agreement on the reality of climate change has led the current administration to propose funding be cut from organizations which research climate change. In an article from Above The Fold, the author reports that Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 …show more content…
If the budget bill passes, congressmen and women would be sending a statement to the world that climate change research is unimportant and unnecessary. In this essay, I will be arguing the importance of climate change research by explaining its consequences on human health which includes increasing death from extreme heat, increasing injury and illness from floods, and increasing risk of foodborne illness. Rather than using general assumptions, I will be using scientific articles to reveal how climate change can harm our lives. I believe by funding organizations to study the effects of climate change on human health and the environment, solutions and policies can be developed to lessen the burden of disease caused by climate change. Climate change has led to the average global temperature on Earth to increase by about 0.8° Celsius over the last 140 years (Carlowicz, 2010). This continuous increase in temperature, although perceived as minimal, makes a large