Obama: No greater threat to future than climate change

In President Obama's State of the Union speech last Tuesday he stated that no challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change. 2014 was the warmest year since record keeping began. In Obama's State of the Union speech he claims that the last 14 of the 15 years have been the warmest years on record. The United States needs to make a commitment in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and curb global warming. Even though the United States has made a strong commitment to cut back on greenhouse gasses it still remains the second greatest polluter, behind China. Both China and the United States account for over one third of global greenhouse gas emissions. Since the United States and China have made strong commitments towards cutting greenhouse emissions, other nations are now stepping up and taking the same steps. Countries are warn worldwide that if these climate changes continue to be an issue it will cost governments around the world more than $100 billion a year. In all we need to take more drastic moves in order to cut our greenhouse emissions. This will not only benefit us, but also our future generations. In all we as a whole need to come together and think of the future of our planet.

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