Media & The Environment

For further research on the topic of global warming, I would recommend the following three sources: 1. UN News The United Nations (I.e. UN) is an intergovernmental organization (I.e. IGO) that seeks to harmonize actions of member states and resolve common issues. UN News examines a wide range of issues including climate change, health and the SDGs (I.e. Sustainable Development Goals). This IGO also categorizes issues by geographical location such as Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Europe making it easier to search for specific events and topics. 2. NASA News NASA is one of the best climate research institutes in the world. Their mission is "Global Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet". Here you can find some of the latest news, technical data and innovative solutions. 3. WWF News World Wildlife Fund (I.e. WWF) not only focuses on climate change, but the effect it has on the biosphere. This nongovernmental organization (NG...

This article by UN News provides a broader look at the environmental issue. Amina Mohammed, United Nations deputy security-general and expert, instructs the "UN, governments, private sector and civil society to work together in a more coordinated and integrated way" (Dpicampaigns, 2019) in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (I.e. SDGs) agenda by 2030, which is slowly approaching. The SDGs are an agenda of 17 global goals with specific targets in each category, created by the UN. Some of the categories that directly correlate to the environment include: clean water and sanitation, affordable and clean energy, sustainable cities and communities, responsible consumption and production, climate action, life below water and life on land. At the ECOSOC (I.e. Economic and Social Council) Partnership Forum, Mohammed reminds the delegation of the importance of working together to solve these global issues. She stresses that "all stakeholders, big or small should ...

In the article "Global Warming Will Happen Faster Than We Think," Yangyang Xu, Veerabhadran Ramanathan and David G. Victor urge people to panic about the future reality of our planet. They began by illustrating the tremendous catastrophes countries and people experienced in 2018 like the massive wildfires in California due to an increase in droughts. The main cause of the predicted rapid increase of global warming is a result of the increase of greenhouse gases and decrease of air pollution (Xu, Ramanathan, & Victor, 2018). This decrease of air pollution plays a vital role in shading the Earth's surface from the sun. The problem is that emissions are accelerating. These specialists warn that global warming needs to stop at a 1.5 degrees Celsius increase, instead of the 2.0 degrees Celsius increase as proposed in the Paris Agreement (Xu, Ramanathan, & Victor, 2018). This excess 0.5 degrees Celsius increase could cause a horrific increase in natural disasters and h...