Argument Essay: The Impacts Of Climate Change

The impacts of climate change that are of most concern through 2100 are many and will affect societies in all different ways. Sea level rise is one of the greatest as it is a link within a chain reaction. As sea level rises not only will coastal areas be demolished leading to increased financial burdens and the migration of those citizens to move inland, but also smaller island countries will be lost under water and that society will no longer have their home. With the reduction of available land while the population of the earth still increasing, there is a greater burden on the land and other resources to support the increasing population. Climate change will impact the ocean’s biodiversity, especially through ocean acidification that will …show more content…
The questions of responsibility, accountability and who will receive the greatest impact from climate change all legitimate questions to ask. The current generation of children and teenagers though will see many effects of climate change, as most will be around well into the latter half of this century. For older generation though, their stakes on an individual level are lower as within their lifetime they might not see the profound impacts of how climate change will influence and transform the earth, but their children or grandchildren will. So whose responsibility is it to preserve what we call earth, the many species and ecosystems within it such that children won’t rely on textbooks to tell them about polar bears. We also have to consider the political impact of climate change such that we don’t leave the world a mess of political instability that future generations will have to clean up. As noted in the Hans Rosling Ted Talk in 2010, everyone wants upward mobility; no one wants to remain living in poverty. With that upward mobility though, that means more energy will be needed and used thereby increasing the impact on the planet by future generations