In my diagram I attempted to give an overview of all the events that took place in the article “WikiLeaks cables reveal how US manipulated climate accord”. The first core idea shown in my diagram is the over consumption of fossil fuels. The excess amount of fossil fuels causes emission of greenhouse gases. As discussed in the article, the US is one of the world’s largest polluters which makes their role in these events extremely significant. The emission of the greenhouse gases leads to climate change. Climate change is such an important issue because it affects all living things. This is what led to the Copenhagen summit. The summit was intended to create a plan for countries to collectively deal with climate change. However, the plan that was developed mostly benefited the US. For this reason, many countries refused to sign the agreement. This led to the US using extremely unethical practices to gain the signatures if the opposing countries. In the end 116 countries have associated with the accord. Another 26 countries intend to associate with the copenhagen accord.This is good for climate change but created a hostile political environment.
I think that climate change is a huge issue that society needs to face. I do not think the issue is being taken as seriously as it should be. The creation of the Copenhagen accord is a big step in the right direction in regards the effects climate change has on the environment. However, I disagree with the events and actions taken that led up to the creation of the Copenhagen accord. I think that the state department cable should have been public from the beginning. This would eliminate the drama that was caused when wikileaks leaked the article. Also, I feel that the accord was way too important for the public to be uninformed about. I think allowing the public to know what is going on could help to reach the goal of stopping climate change faster. I also think this could help to find more monetary support for countries, especially those that are considered to be developing
Hi! My name is Siying and here’s the link to my post: http://geog030.dutton.psu.edu/2016/04/08/climate-diplomacy-4/
You diagram gives me a good overview of this issue and helps me clears out the process. I agree that the U.S. didn’t make the right move in this event. What they did to gain more supports for the Copenhagen Accord was unethical. And I think people have the right to know what’s going on with climate change.
Hi Aaliyah, I like how you used a linear type diagram but split it up in to two separate rows creating almost two separate yet totally connected graphs. It was bold and very easy to follow which really helped as i related back to it while reading your first paragraph. I also like we both agree that the US took the wrong steps and that but everyone knowing so it could help us stop climate change faster! If u would like to see my post the link is http://sites.psu.edu/geog30/2016/04/08/climate-change-11/