Tackling Climate Change: Balancing Political Polarization and Scientific Evidence

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[University] LL353 Advanced Composition Portfolio Project: Problem/Solution Essay Form 2:Offering a solution: Climate Change [Name] Proquest: [phone]00002 Ebsco:username: plaza password: libr@ryl SS# (Last Four Digits): ________________________ Date: ___________________ state your position on the problem. What should be done about it? Climate change is a global problem that has got a serious impact on the water system including flooding and drought. Use of cleaner energy and saving energy is one of the most effective ways to control climate change Evaluate Database Sources; Now, analyze one website about your topic, and type in the required information below. This information will be used in writing your essay, adding APA in-text citations, and formatting your References page. In text citation: Linde (2020) References page citation: Linde, S. (2020). The Politicization of Risk: Party Cues, Polarization, and Public Perceptions of Climate Change Risk. Risk Analysis: An International Journal, 40(10), 2002–2018. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13530. What is the writer's claim/solution to the proposed problem? (See page 243 of the Read, Reason, Write textbook for clarification on claims). Political party polarization has a negative relationship with perceptions of climate change risk and the likelihood of support for mitigation policies. The author demonstrates that political parties influence how people support measures to lower the effects of climate change. According to Linde (2020) perceptions of political parties have implications on abstract perceptions of risk with lower impacts on concrete views of risk. Re-read your source, and select two direct quotations you might use in your essay. Use a signal phrase, quotation marks, and correct style in-text citation and add the quotations below.(For example: A survey done by The Washington Pose - A.BC News found that “70% of people surveyed supported capital punishment” (Von Drehle,2015).) Direct Quote: Linde (2020) noted, “For policy makers interested in increasing public concern for climate change in order to bolster individual action and support for new climate policy measures, it is therefore not enough to simply provide the public with more scientific evidence.” Paraphrase: According to Linde (2020) the...