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Although still a controversial topic, global warming is generally considered to be the scientific explanation for many of the fascinating and frightening phenomenon that occur today. However, after acknowledging this fact, it's important to see that the circumstances of global warming are much more intricate; there are many important factors that many decide their possible costly or beneficial consequences.This then prompts the questions, "What should policy makers consider when dealing with global warming?" Though all aspects of global warming are important, world leaders must extinguish debate on the existence of global warming, and instead focus on its severity as well as the practicality of future solutions. Nice thesis statement! Very clear.

As oil companies and countries with higher greenhouse gas emissions continue to fuel the debate about whether global warming exists, precious time and money are being wasted. Science has already proven that global warming damages our Earth and personal health. Therefore, it ﻿is imperative that policy is geared toward persuading public opinion on the realities of global warming, which would ultimately allow countries to easily transition into saving energy, rather than vacillate between whether or not global warming is a worthy cause. You need a source in this paragraph.

In contrast, a key issue that policy makers must assess is the severity of global warming and the extent goals of solutions need to achieve. Today, the world's average surface temperature is rising *raising at* the fastest rate in over 1,000 years (Source A) and spring has arrived 10 days faster than it had 30 years ago (Source F). Only by looking at change over time can there be a common goal as to how much money countries should spend and how restrictive regulations on greenhouse gas emissions should be. One of the flaws of the current Kyoto Protocol is its lack of general consensus--some believe Kyoto is too restrictive, and some, not restrictive enough (Source E). As a result, there is unnecessary controversy and factions that weaken international will and morale to act. Severity can also be determined by looking at the consequences global warming has on the health of the economy and life itself. Although global warming has further exacerbated Africa's weak adaptive ability (by making it more vulnerable to climate change the agricultural/economic results of that), is this reason to spend $8 trillion a year? (Source E) And as some species change and others don't, thereby destabilizing our ecosystem, policy makers must consider overall impact. In the end, this would allow them to prioritize and allocate funds accordingly; the degree of destruction will definitely impact decisions to either spend 2 percent of the World's GDP to "protect future generations" or on "alleviating current global human suffering" (Source E). concluding sentence????????? I don't think you are taking a side in this paragraph...just analyzing both sides.

Lastly, leaders of the global community must assess practicality of lessing global warming's impacts. What is your opinion, mate? Currently, countries like the U.S. and Australia, which "together account for one-quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions," have not ratified the Kyoto Protocol (Source A). Similarly, oil producing nations and countries without stable and adequate infrastructures are not willing to cut down emissions. Taking into account these split positions, policy makers have to look at implementation of solutions. No country is exempt from greenhouse gas emissions yet not every country will allow environmental and personal health to precede national interests. That being said, policy needs to encompass international standards and minimums while answering questions that would address the problems areas like the amount each country should contribute to global warming causes (by GDP, percent carbon dioxide emissions). Though Bahrain has a relatively high carbon dioxide emission rate of 28.23 et per person per year, its GDP is only approximately 21,700 million a year, 90 places behind the U.S.

Only after looking at the severity of global warming and the practicality of global warming causes should other issues be emphasized. If efforts to help the environment are to succeed, policy must be efficient and realistic, answering all the right questions and fixing all the current barriers that policy makers face.

You should have some more ideas in here rather than nice language. It sounds ncie, but you should have a bit more analysis of the concepts youa re bringing up.

THIS IS SOOOO FREAKING GOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Over all, maybe add some more examples and go into a little more detail. But I think over all this is soooo good. GOOD JOB! Also, maybe add some more quotes. You integrated them really well and used a lot of sources, but you didn't use very many quotes.

Yeah....your language is excellent, and it is organized well, but I think you need to work on taking a position on these issues.