Review of Logic and Emotion in Climate Change Advocacy
Explore the intersection of logic and emotion in Greta Thunberg's climate change activism. Discover how she combines facts and appeals to emotion to convey urgent messages about environmental issues and challenge societal norms.
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Review Logic & Emotion
CONTEXT: CONTEXT: Greta Thunberg is a 16 Greta Thunberg is a 16- - year old student from year old student from Sweden who began Sweden who began school strikes to protest school strikes to protest inaction regarding climate inaction regarding climate change. In September change. In September 2019, she spoke to 2019, she spoke to Congress about this very Congress about this very issue issue.
Some of you may have heard that we have 12 years as from 1 January 2018 to cut our emissions of carbon dioxide in half. But I guess that hardly any of you have heard that there is a 50 per cent chance of staying below a 1.5 degree Celsius of global temperature rise above pre-industrial levels. Fifty per cent chance. Where s the logos (logic, reasons, facts, stats)? Why is she bringing it up?
So a 50 per cent chance a statistical flip of a coin will most definitely not be enough. That would be impossible to morally defend. Would anyone of you step onto a plane if you knew it had more than a 50 per cent chance of crashing? More to the point: would you put your children on that flight? Where is the pathos, the emotion? What emotion is she appealing to?
Identify the logos (logic, reasons, facts, stats) The USA is the biggest carbon polluter in history. It is also the world s number one producer of oil. And yet, you are also the only nation in the world that has signalled your strong intention to leave the Paris Agreement. Because quote it was a bad deal for the USA . Identify the pathos (what feeling is she trying to bring about in the audience?
