Introduction, Thesis Statement, and Annotated Bibliography Prepare: Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) and Annotated Bibliography (Links to an external site.) web pages, and Evaluating Sources (Links to an external site.) and Annotated Bibliography (Links to an external site.) tutorials. Reflect: Reflect back on the Week 1 discussion in which you shared with the class the global societal issue that you would like to further address. Explore critical insights that were shared by your peers and/or your instructor on the topic chosen and begin your search for scholarly sources with those insights in mind. Write: For this assignment, review the Annotated Bibliography Formatting Guidelines and address the following prompts: · Introductory paragraph to topic (refer to the Final Paper guidelines for your topic selection). o Write an introductory paragraph with at least 150 words that clearly explains the topic, the importance of further research, and ethical implications. · Thesis statement. o Write a direct and concise thesis statement, which will become the solution to the problem that you will argue or prove in the Week 5 Final Paper. (A thesis statement should be a concise, declarative statement. The thesis statement must appear at the end of the introductory paragraph.) · Annotated bibliography. o Develop an annotated bibliography to indicate the quality of the sources you have read. o Summarize in your own words how the source contributes to the solution of the global societal issue for each annotation. o Address fully the purpose, content, evidence, and relation to other sources you found on this topic (your annotation should be one to two paragraphs long—150 words or more. o Include no less than five scholarly sources in the annotated bibliography that will be used to support the major points of the Final Paper. o Demonstrate critical thinking skills by accurately interpreting evidence used to support various positions of the topic. The Introduction, Thesis Statement, and Annotated Bibliography · Must be 1,000  words in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) resource.  · Must include a separate title page with the following: o Title of paper o Student’s name o Course name and number o Instructor’s name o Date submitted · For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.) . · Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance. · Must use at least five scholarly sources. o The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whethe.

1. Introduction, Thesis Statement, and Annotated Bibliography
Prepare:
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the
Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.)
and
Annotated Bibliography (Links to an external site.)
web pages, and
Evaluating Sources
(Links to an external site.)
and
Annotated Bibliography
(Links to an external site.)
tutorials.
Reflect:
Reflect back on the Week 1 discussion in which you shared
with the class the global societal issue that you would like to
further address. Explore critical insights that were shared by
your peers and/or your instructor on the topic chosen and begin
your search for scholarly sources with those insights in mind.
Write:
For this assignment, review the
Annotated Bibliography Formatting Guidelines
and address the following prompts:
· Introductory paragraph to topic (refer to the Final Paper
guidelines for your topic selection).
o Write an introductory paragraph with at least 150 words that
clearly explains the topic, the importance of further research,

2. and ethical implications.
· Thesis statement.
o Write a direct and concise thesis statement, which will
become the solution to the problem that you will argue or prove
in the Week 5 Final Paper. (A thesis statement should be a
concise, declarative statement. The thesis statement must appear
at the end of the introductory paragraph.)
· Annotated bibliography.
o Develop an annotated bibliography to indicate the quality of
the sources you have read.
o Summarize in your own words how the source contributes to
the solution of the global societal issue for each annotation.
o Address fully the purpose, content, evidence, and relation to
other sources you found on this topic (your annotation should
be one to two paragraphs long—150 words or more.
o Include no less than five scholarly sources in the annotated
bibliography that will be used to support the major points of the
Final Paper.
o Demonstrate critical thinking skills by accurately interpreting
evidence used to support various positions of the topic.
The Introduction, Thesis Statement, and Annotated
Bibliography
· Must be 1,000 words in length (not including title and
references pages) and formatted according to APA style, as
outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s
APA Style (Links to an external site.)

3. resource.
· Must include a separate title page with the following:
o Title of paper
o Student’s name
o Course name and number
o Instructor’s name
o Date submitted
· For further assistance with the formatting and the title page,
refer to
APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.)
.
· Must utilize academic voice. See the
Academic Voice (Links to an external site.)
resource for additional guidance.
· Must use at least five scholarly sources.
o The
Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to
an external site.)
table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If
you have questions about whether a specific source is
appropriate for this assignment, contact your instructor. Your
instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a
specific source for an assignment. The
Integrating Research
(Links to an external site.)
tutorial will offer further assistance with including supporting

4. information and reasoning.
· Must document in APA style any information used from
sources, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s
Citing Within Your Paper. (Links to an external site.)
· Must have no more than 15% quoted material in the body of
your essay based on the Turnitin report. References list will be
excluded from the Turnitin originality score.
· Must include a separate references page that is formatted
according to APA style. See the
Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.)
resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.
WEEK’S ONE POST REGARDING TOPIC:
Changes in climatic conditions have been a topic of discussion
for decades in the past and its effects are only becoming direr in
recent times. Climate change is a global issue that equally
affects everyone in equal measures regardless of one's location
around the globe. Research on climate changes and ways to
reverse the effects of climatic changes is one of the commonly
talked about, researched and heavily funded issues affecting
planet earth (Gross, 2018).
In the course of the study, it is important to widely
research the topic. Research on climatic changes has been going
on previously and still in recent times. It, therefore, calls for
keen scrutiny to identify legitimate and scholarly articles that
could be used in this discussion. One can check the authors and
publishing firm for the article. One can check the date published
to identify if it is viable to be used as a reference. If the source
is a website to check if it legitimate. Information from

5. Wikipedia can hence not be trusted. Articles used in the
research need to be cited to support the information mentioned.
This indicates the legitimacy of information recorded in the
paper (Schuhmann, 2016).
With the world currently depending on industrialization,
pollution is a great menace in the environment as it has caused
climate change. Commissions have been formed to investigate
how the effects of climatic changes can be reversed. Scientists
have hence indicated that due to global warming, mountain tops
are melting down and islands could be soon underwater.
Scientists have hence named climatic changes as the greatest
challenges in recent times. The effects of climatic changes are
overwhelming as temperatures rise beyond limits that have not
been previously experienced (Gross, 2018).
References
Gross, L. (2018). Confronting climate change in the age of
denial.
PLOS BIOLOGY
.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000033 (Links to an
external site.)
Schuhmann, R. H. (2016).
Rock Ethics Institute International Conference on Integrating
Development and Climate Change Ethics, At Penn State
University
.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266146495_Legitimac
y_and_Climate_Change_A_Challenge_to_US_Culture (Links to
an external site.)

6. DISCUSSION POST REGARDING PROGRESS:
Climate change was previously viewed as an issue that would
affect the distant future but now it is in the present. For the
greater part of the 21st century, oceanic and atmospheric
temperatures have been on the rise with partners in precipitation
constantly changing. Oceans have become acidic and to make
matters more serious, intensity and frequency of weather vents
are as well on the rise. Data on a global scale indicate that 2016
was the warmest years and for three consecutive years, the
global average for surface temperatures was still increasing.
This should cause panic and interventions should be sought
after to reverse the effects of climatic changes (Grossman,
2018).
The leaders of the world are constantly at loggerheads to
try to determine and agree on what needs to be done in response
to changes in climatic conditions. Many economists bare the
belief that emissions should be reduced as benefits exceed
paying the cost of climate changes hence it needs to be done
fast. This strategy has however come under attack as nations
feel that they may be disadvantaged as they heavily depend on
industries to run their economies. There is still a huge divide as
many are not sure whether it is best to reduce emissions or
invest in assisting the world to adapt to the effect of climatic
changes (Henderson et al., 2018).
It has been attributed by scientists that if emissions are not
reduced, the world could be experiencing significantly high heat
waves by the next century. Nations in Europe are at risk of
coastal flooding due to global warming. Countries currently are
facing challenges in nutrition as temperatures do not favor the
viability of plant proteins yet there is still no comprehensive
legislation on climatic changes (Grossman, 2018).
References

7. Grossman, M. R. (2018). Climate Change and the Individual.
The American Journal of Comparative Law
,
66
(1), 345–378.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avy018 (Links to an external site.)
Henderson, R. M., Reinart, S. A., Dekhtyar, P., & Migdal, A.
(2018).
Climate change in 2018: Implications for Busines
(9-317-032). Harvard Business School.
https://www.hbs.edu/environment/Documents/climate-change-
2018.pdf (Links to an external site.)