Climate Change Persuasive Speech

My Fellow Americans, I am sure that many, if not all, of you are aware of the debate surrounding climate change. The issue has been well-covered in the media, with positions being taken on all sides of the issue. There are those that have sounded the alarm, warning of impending doom should we fail to act. Some have argued that climate change is but a passing fad, a nonissue that poses no real threat to our way of life. Others still have carved out positions in between these two extremes. Much of this debate has been dominated by hyperbole and appeals to emotion, blurring the line between fact and fiction. The research, however, clearly indicates the climate change is indeed occurring and is being driven by human activity, and that significant …show more content…
The EPA projects that if we continue to emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at our current rate the average temperature in the United States will increase by at least 3 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100. Sea levels will rise by at least two feet, flooding low lying communities, and Alaskan permafrost will begin to thaw. Precipitation patterns will shift and extreme weather events like hurricanes will become even stronger, fueled by warmer oceans and a warmer atmosphere (Future of Climate Change). Unless global warming is slowed, climate change models show that we can expect the world to change for the worse over the course of the next …show more content…
Continuing on our current course will lead towards an uncertain future, a future dominated by extreme weather where nature has been thrown off course. Dozens of policy proposals have been offered in recent years, and it is incumbent upon us to take this threat seriously. After all, the Earth is not ours; it belongs to the future generations that will come after us. We have a moral obligation to ensure that we do not damage the Earth, and to this end we must work to eliminate the scourge of human driver global