Davis, J., & Myers, S. (2015, August 31). Obama Makes Urgent Appeal in Alaska for Climate Change Action. Retrieved November 21, 2015, from http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/01/us/us-makes-urgent-appeal-for-climate-change-action-at-alaska-conference.html

 

Obama met with prominent Alaskan political figures and made appeals for control of climate change. He warned the United States of the threats climate change poses, from melting glaciers, to eroding coastlines, to rising sea levels. Making a promise to cut total emissions by 2025, Obama and John Kerry took a prominent stand in the fight against climate change. Obama discussed how the effects are being felt in Alaska now, and A notable portion mentioned there are now fires burning in the tundras, which never used to happen.

This is related to climate change as it involves Obama’s fight against it. The steps Obama is making to bring our country’s carbon emissions down are a very good first step, but are really too little too late. This summer and fall are the first time Obama has begun to seriously fight climate change, however with little over a year left in office, and no support from Congress, there is a limit to what he can accomplish. It is important that he promised to reduce our emissions by 25%, and hopefully his actions will be a predecessor of the president-to-come’s actions.