By CPP Student, Rosalinda Barcellona The United States should rejoin The Paris Agreement INTRODUCTION I. Attention Getter: Do you want your future children to suffer from our inability to take care of our environment? According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (unfccc), the Paris Agreement is a pact made by countries within this convention to fight against climate change through investments in sustainability and certain requirements such as a global cap on carbon emissions. Our country, the United States was one of the countries that signed on until President Trump withdrew us. II. Specific Purpose Statement: Today I will persuade you that President Trump should rejoin the Paris Agreement. III. Identification of Opposition Statement (Fair Hearing): Some of you may argue that the Paris Agreement is a waste of America’s money, but the effects of Global Warming are becoming increasingly more life threatening, and if America officially rejected the agreement, then the economy of other countries would be damaged. IV. Significance: This issue applies to everyone around the world. If we ignore the effects of Climate Change, then our home will continue to become less and less inhabitable. V. Credibility: I am extremely passionate about Global Climate Change and the efforts to reduce its harmful effects and I have participated in a program that taught me the many ways Global Warming has become an issue. I have also done extensive research on the consequences that will rise from the withdrawal from the agreement. VI. Preview Statement: Today we will look at the potential problems that our withdrawal will cause. Then I will propose a solution. MAJOR TRANSITION: First, let me explain the problems created by the United States’ lack of participation in the effort to fight against Climate Change. BODY I. Main Point: A withdraw will inevitably reduce the United States’ efforts to remain an environmentally sustainable country. A. Environmental issues 1. The reason this is such an important issue is because of the dangers of our unsustainable habits as a country. a. These habits include burning fossil fuels, deforestation, inefficient waste management, and overproduction of non-biodegradable products. b. The continuous burning of fossil fuels emits a variety of greenhouse gases. These gases make their way to the Earth’s atmosphere where they act as a “blanket” around the Earth because of their heat retaining properties. ii. One of the greenhouse gases, CO2, which is the primary focus of the Paris Agreement, is recycled by nature through the ability of plants to absorb it. a) You may be thinking, “well that’s good because we have a lot of trees,” but this is no longer the case due to mass deforestation for products such as palm oil, rubber, and crop land. Instead of the CO2 being absorbed by the plants, it is added to ...

1. By CPP Student, Rosalinda Barcellona
The United States should rejoin The Paris Agreement
INTRODUCTION
I. Attention Getter: Do you want your future children to suffer
from our inability to
take care of our environment? According to the United Nations
Framework
Convention on Climate Change (unfccc), the Paris Agreement is
a pact made by
countries within this convention to fight against climate change
through investments
in sustainability and certain requirements such as a global cap
on carbon emissions.
Our country, the United States was one of the countries that
signed on until President
Trump withdrew us.
II. Specific Purpose Statement: Today I will persuade you that
President Trump should
rejoin the Paris Agreement.

2. III. Identification of Opposition Statement (Fair Hearing): Some
of you may argue
that the Paris Agreement is a waste of America’s money, but the
effects of Global
Warming are becoming increasingly more life threatening, and
if America officially
rejected the agreement, then the economy of other countries
would be damaged.
IV. Significance: This issue applies to everyone around the
world. If we ignore the
effects of Climate Change, then our home will continue to
become less and less
inhabitable.
V. Credibility: I am extremely passionate about Global Climate
Change and the efforts
to reduce its harmful effects and I have participated in a
program that taught me the
many ways Global Warming has become an issue. I have also
done extensive
research on the consequences that will rise from the withdrawal
from the agreement.
VI. Preview Statement: Today we will look at the potential
problems that our
withdrawal will cause. Then I will propose a solution.

3. MAJOR TRANSITION: First, let me explain the problems
created by the United States’ lack
of participation in the effort to fight against Climate Change.
BODY
I. Main Point: A withdraw will inevitably reduce the United
States’ efforts to remain an
environmentally sustainable country.
A. Environmental issues
1. The reason this is such an important issue is because of the
dangers of our
unsustainable habits as a country.
a. These habits include burning fossil fuels, deforestation,
inefficient
waste management, and overproduction of non-biodegradable
products.
b. The continuous burning of fossil fuels emits a variety of
greenhouse
gases. These gases make their way to the Earth’s atmosphere
where
they act as a “blanket” around the Earth because of their heat
retaining

4. properties.
ii. One of the greenhouse gases, CO2, which is the
primary focus of the Paris Agreement, is recycled by
nature through the ability of plants to absorb it.
a) You may be thinking, “well that’s good because we
have a lot of trees,” but this is no longer the case due to
mass deforestation for products such as palm oil,
rubber, and crop land. Instead of the CO2 being
absorbed by the plants, it is added to the blanket.
B. How this affects each one of us personally.
1. This blanket not only increases the Earth’s temperature, but it
also has
detrimental effects to the air we breathe.
a. We can see this result in China, where civilians are unable to
leave their house due to the dangerous air quality.
2. Bad air quality also affects the ocean, which is a primary
source of our
oxygen and the main absorber of greenhouse gases. However,
according to
seethesea.org, the ocean is unable to produce as much oxygen
due to the
overproduction of carbon dioxide. This means there is an
imbalance.

5. a. As you all can see, the United States must follow the aspects
of
the Paris Agreement in order to reduce these destructive
outcomes.
Minor Transition: Not only does the Paris Agreement aid the
world environmentally, but it also
helps the world economically.
C.America’s withdraw will adversely affect other countries who
are within the Paris
Agreement.
1. Mitigation/Building Support: One of the many parts of the
agreement is
mitigation. In this case, mitigation is when the countries come
together to
decrease the severity of climate change.
a. As stated by the World Bank Group, America, China, and
India
have agreed to steadily reduce carbon emissions.
2. Another significant way the countries are working together
through this
agreement is by the goodwill of developed countries helping
developing
countries build a sustainable future.
a. One may argue that our country should not spend more money

6. on another country, but the investment in a renewable world is
most definitely worth the extra aid given.
Minor Transition: Our retracting from the Paris Agreement
affects the Global Economy.
D. The global economy will also be extremely affected by this
probable withdrawal.
As emphasized by the Advances in Climate Change Research
journal in the
ScienceDirect database, the main issue is with China.
1. If the US pulls out of the deal, then China will have less
“emission space.”
This means that because the US will no longer follow a limit to
the
amount of carbon produced, China will have to compensate for
this extra
carbon and further reduce its emissions.
a. This means the mitigation costs for China will increase
exponentially.
b. China is a leading country in exporting goods, so this extra
costs
for China will lead to unfavorable (to say the least) effects in
the entire world’s economy.

7. MAJOR TRANSITION: I have explained at many problems
linked to our withdrawal. Now
let’s look at what needs to be done.
II. Main point: A sustainable future will only be possible if
America rejoins the Paris
Agreement.
A. In order to meet our commitments to the agreement, our
states can work together
with the EPA, the Environmental Protection Agency to allow
the U.S. economic
growth with our pulse on sustainability. Our nation, its
citizens, and all the
countries in The Paris Agreement stand to benefit from us
rejoining.
CONCLUSION:
I. Review of Main Points: This is because it ensures that each
country is doing its part
to combat the change in conditions to the weather and
environment. In the end, these issues are
going to affect our future families not only environmentally, but
also economically.

8. II. Call to Action: To urge our President, Donald Trump to
rejoin the agreement, sign
the petition to support the Paris Agreement at moveon.org.
According to KTHV, 338,000 people
have already signed it.
III. Lasting Thought: It is not too late to make a change. As
stated by Mark Cooper in
a journal from the Greenfile database, an official withdrawal
cannot occur for another three
years. This means that we still have a chance to convince
President Trump and the government
to continue on in the Paris Agreement alongside other countries
that are willing to change their
behaviors for a chance at a future.
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PERSUASIVE SPEECH ASSIGNMENT

11. Student Learning Outcomes:
1. Develop a persuasive speech that is original, interesting,
ethical, and compelling for various audiences and occasions.
2. Develop a focused speech, having a clear and concise
specific purpose (A clearly stated proposition).
3. Develop a detailed, subordinated speech outline that clearly
distinguishes between the speech’s specific purpose, main
points, subpoints, evidence, and transitions.
4. Structure ideas by using organizational patterns appropriate
for the speech’s purpose, audience, and occasion (Problem/
Solution
or Problem,Cause,