Don't Forget Global Warming

The most important issue in world politics is how the nations of the world react to global warming in the long term. I know that many people put the problem of global warming on the backburner to deal with the major recession the world experienced. However, this is a problem that all countries will have to face eventually down the line. The huge chunk of ice four times the size of Manhattan that broke off from Greenland should have been a major wake up call. (UDel) If such big changes are happening now, what could happen next? The reason this is the most important issue in world politics is because every single country in the world wants to protect their children. No decent human being would want their children to be homeless.

I often wonder about our impact on the world. Sitting behind the wheel every winter, I see white smoke come out of a car’s exhaust pipe. All that Carbon monoxide mixes with the air we breathe in. Sure cars that get more mileage are being built. But more and more cars are on the road each day. This year China passed the U.S. to become the biggest auto market in the world. (Bloomberg)With all kinds of gasses we put in the air isn’t something going to change the weather patterns? With all the trees we cut down, wouldn’t something in the natural cycle of life change? 2010 is headed to be the warmest year since man started to measure global temperatures in the 1800s. (WP) You may not feel the temperature rise now, but every action has a consequence.

People often say that our children are our future. But at this rate, our children or their grandchildren won’t have a chance to shape their own world. With the world population rapidly rising every year, each person shares a smaller pie of the world’s resources. Let’s not make their lives harder. The world has to come to an agreement that at this rate the image of joyful grandchildren jumping into their grandparents’ embrace will fade into memories. We have the power to make future generations to either love us or despise us.

http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2011/aug/greenland080610.html

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/2010/05/climate_outlook_raises_concern.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aE.x_r_l9NZE