The issue of Global Warming has been circulating around the United Nations for some time now and there still is not a clear response to what is going to be done. Many people are scared that the Earth is going to continue to heat up which will cause the melting of glaciers and higher sea levels. The UN is concerned that if fossil fuel emissions are not regulated then they will simply continue to increase over the next century. “In recent months, business groups have banded together to make unprecedented calls for federal regulation of greenhouse gases” (Global Warming). My biggest concern is that, if Global Warming is such a big issue, why has nothing been done? There has been a lot of talk but no action has been taken. Personally, I think that Global Warming is a natural occurring process because the planet naturally heats and cools. It is important to understand that since we are in postglacial cycles, the planet’s orbit and tilt gives us more and longer summer days, which adds to the heating. More and longer summer days means more heat that is shined on the planet causing it to be slightly warmer which is exactly what is happening now. Also, Earth is still thawing out from our most recent ice age and the planet will continue to heat because of that, eventually we will begin to cool again. Although it is an issue that is planet is warming, it is not actually a big deal because it is a natural process. Even if humans had such a large impact on the heating of the Earth, the UN has done nothing to help the situation. Everybody is so concerned but nobody takes action to aid the problem. If the heating of Earth is such a problem, then the UN should do something, such as actually enforcing the reduction of the burning of fossil fuels and our green house gases. If nothing is going to be done what so ever, then we must simply accept the fact that it is a natural process and that it will eventually subside.

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