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My diagram starts with climate change, a growing concern on our planet today which is very overlooked. Once people realize what a major issue it is, the diagram then moves to the next stage which is wanting to do something about it. I chose my second branch to be about the US wanting to take charge because the WikiLeaks article is more about US involvement. The Copenhagen Accord is then proposed and it does not receive much backing from other countries. In the diagram, an arrow goes from the proposal of the accord to the US needing other 7countries support. Because the US needs other countries support, officials used bribes and threats to try and get other countries to support. This results in about 75% of countries backing the accord. The US needing the help of other countries also leads to another branch of the diagram. This branch states that although the US needs more support, less developing countries are willing to give it because they believe the accord only benefits larger countries. This leads to the others 25% of countries not joining. Both the threats, bribes and the smaller countries opinions are all leaked on WikiLeaks. The WikiLeaks article being connected to climate change is all through politics. This is very concerning considering the fact that the accord was so difficult to pass. If smaller countries are hesitant on supporting the issue, the future could be an ongoing process in the fight against climate change. Politics should not be the determining factor of why climate change is such a major issue.
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After reading Module 9, it is clear that climate change is a growing concern in our world today. Impacts of climate change can be as unnoticeable as slight weather changes to as drastic as shifts in ocean levels which consume much of the arctic every year. The growing concern needed to be tended to, which is why the Copenhagen Accord was proposed. The US needed support to pass this proposal however, and they used very unethical tactics. I believe the people have the right to know what goes on through the politics side of major issues. It is very unfortunate that such a major issue like climate change has to be held down to politics and government. I believe that the cables should have been released to the public as they were. Even though it does not shine light upon the US in a good way, we deserve to know what our officials are doing to treat the issue, and if they go about it unethically, we may need to look into it further. To help the issue without politics, I believe everyone can chip in to help stop climate change. If we were to bypass politics by taking action ourselves, we could avoid the mess that was needing votes for the Copenhagen Accord. Waiting for support also takes a lot of time which is valuable when talking about climate change. Also it may take an extended amount of time to end up with no support which would be the worse-case scenario. Future generations will be severely impacted if we do not take action now.
Hello John, my name is Brenton. I really enjoyed the third part of your posting as it detailed why unethical action should not be a part of climate change discussions. However, I think that not all of the actions of the US were unethical. Specifically, the financial aid used to curb enthusiasm. While it does put pressure on nations that are not enthusiastic about the changes, not all nations have the same concern as the US.
Here is a link to my post:
http://geog030.dutton.psu.edu/2016/04/08/54047/
Hi my name is Ryan Daley. I really like your diagram, it seemed very organized and was easy to follow. I also like how you said that the people deserve to know what is going on regarding this issue. I feel as though if the people were informed about decisions being made at the summit than maybe some of the unethical tactics could have been avoided. Here’s a link to my post.
http://geog030.dutton.psu.edu/2016/04/08/module-9-ryan-daley/
Hi John, my name is Mara. I really liked your diagram! I found it very interesting and it was really neat and easy to follow. Your response to number 3 was similar to mine. We both agreed to how climate change is a growing concern in our world today and that we need to take action now for future generations to come. Overall, great job! If you want to check out my blog post, here is a link to my blog: http://geog030.dutton.psu.edu/2016/04/08/module-9-climate-change-6/
Hi John. I am Jake! Your diagram has very good flow and looks extremely neat. Good job on the diagram. The way you talk about climate change in number 3 is quite informative and persuasive. Reading number 3 makes me want to make a difference instead of just writing about it for a class! Good job on module 9. Here is a link to my module 9 post if you want to read it: http://sites.psu.edu/geog30/2016/04/08/module-9-jake-hughes/