I think that reducing our carbon footprint will require a lot of effort from everyone but especially some effort from high ranking politicians so that they can use their power for good use. We can start by reducing the number of transportation that requires fossil fuels and oils and we can start producing cars that are electric

I agree, this action would take a lot of effort from everyone. Reducing carbon emissions is a big task and I think that world leaders should come together and create rules against harmful products or events.

I would also agree with this statement as well since Global warming is obliviously a international. problem which means people who don't like to work together will have to. As the solution cannot happen when some nations do not follow the rules which typically happens with treaties and diplomacy. in addition regular people will also be forced/convinced to change their lives which isn't A easy feat.

my evidence for this:https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/why-global-leaders-must-address-climate-change-now

I completely agree with Nartan in that we have to continue to make changes throughout our daily lives to reduce our carbon footprint. I think a good way of doing this would be calculating you carbon footprint, then pinpointing the activities that are most harmful to the environment. After doing this, it is much easier to reduce your footprint because you know what is mostly causing your CO2 use. I also agree with him that the leaders in our country have a lot of power to make regulations for big companies. I would add that we as citizens have the opportunity to take initiative by reaching out to our local leaders and seeing if we can change anything. In 2008, the U.S used 6 million metric tons of CO2 and 10 years later, we used 5.2 million metric tons. I think this change is what we need, but there is still a lot of work to do.
Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/183 … from-1999/

I also really agree with this topic, but I believe the biggest problem is not whether people want to change their cars or not, but rather if people can change or not. As you know electric cars are much more expensive then cars that require oil and many individuals can not afford this difference in price. So if you were to decrease the prices of the electric cars, then the producers will stop making it because they will loose their profits. You cannot also force everyone to buy electric cars since not everyone has the money available and not only that but people who work to create cars that use oil will be at a big loss. If you then say oil car companies should stop producing their cars and start creating electric cars, it will also be hard because not only will this affect the oil producing companies, but it will affect all the companies that are providing for the oil cars parts. So these are a few of the many arguments on why this topic will be really difficult to go through with.
Source: My thinking

I agree that less use of vehicles would lower our carbon footprint. One option for doing this if you can't afford electric cars is using public transportation such as city buses. Transportation makes up 29% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. This is a huge portion so if we could lower this even a little it would be a big step towards reducing all of our carbon footprints. Another option could be to carpool with your friends or co-workers as much as possible.

source: https://www.transit.dot.gov/regulations … ansit-role

In response to Nartan's first point, I think that politicians have a huge effect on our environmental well-being. It is up to them to come up with plans for the people to decide whether they like them or not. Our nation and worldwide leaders need to start advocating for their people or else climate change will be irreversible. According to abcnews.com, "Global temperatures could reach an irreversible tipping point in just 12 years if the world doesn’t act dramatically to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere". That means that if change is not enacted now, the people's safety is put at risk. According to earthobservatory.nasa.gov, "Since 1993, NASA satellites have shown that sea levels are rising more quickly, about 3 millimeters per year, for a total sea level rise of 48 millimeters (0.16 feet or 1.89 inches) between 1993 and 2009". This could have a huge impact on people's lives. With sea levels rising, people living on the coast could have to relocate meaning thousands even millions of losses of homes and jobs. This would lead to economic devastation. The impact could be the worst on the poor. Poverty is already such a huge issue, if climate change affected that, more and more people's lives could be at risk.

I agree with Nartan that reducing carbon emissions will be a tall task but I also think it's achievable. It will take effort from everyone to change their current lifestyle to a more sustainable, including better choices on things such as transportation, consumption, and recycling. A great example of what is possible is the Japanese town Kamikatsu, it is the first town to create a zero waste policy and so far it's been very effective. 80% of the town's garbage is recycled, reused, or composted, with the rest going to a landfill. This is incredible because as predicted by the 2015 World Bank report, by 2025, 1.4 billion more people will live in cities worldwide, with each person producing about 3 pounds of waste per day. This just shows that work needs to be done and Kamikatsu, in my opinion, is a perfect role model.

https://siteresources.worldbank.org/INT … /Chap3.pdf