Argumentative Essay On Climate Change

As of recent decades, the topic of climate change has become a controversial debate between those who support the claim and those who believe it does not exist. Climate change, simply put, is the change in distribution of weather patterns that extend over a longer period of time. One of the major debates is whether global climate change is due primarily to anthropogenic, also known as man–made, causes or it is all part of a natural cycle. This argument introduces bigger topics that are related to the issue, such as the impact of carbon footprints, the current position towards the Paris Agreement, and the future health/economic risks that may arise in southern New Jersey, specifically. Both sides of the arguments feel as though they have justifiable arguments and the debate has made little progress. With the recent shift in the White House, funding for climate change research in the United States is currently being threatened, which in turn, is causing a national uproar among climate change activists. My role for the in–class discussion is to portray the NJ Climate Adaptation Alliance, an organization affiliated with Rutgers University to find ways to combat climate change in a sustainable manner. The primary focus of the organization is on climate change preparedness in public health, watersheds, rivers and coastal communities, built infrastructure, agriculture, and natural resources within New Jersey (Rutgers, 2017). Due to their database across the state of New Jersey,

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