Reflection Paper: An Inconvenient Truth

The movie is in the nature of an informative documentation,

aiming to open the eyes of the world to a steadily growing problem.
One might think that, this is just another hurdle that humans can
easily overcome. Well, for once, humans have survived, so far,
whatever problems that nature may have to offer, we have this
instinct to survive-an instinct to protect ourselves from a wide range
of stimulus that may endanger our existence. Now, we are faced with
a problem, aggravated by another problem, and which is made
complicated by another problem. This interconnected problem is what
makes the entire issue more threatening than it ought to be. One
might wonder, what is really the problem?
The problem is Global Warming. This issue is quite popular
these days, thanks to the valiant efforts of our few scientists and
environmentalists, but disseminating information is not really the
issue, the issue lies on the receiving end. People know that this is
problem, but they fail to realize its severity and the intensity of its
effects on them. Global warming is aggravated by another problem:
the fading of our animalistic instinct-the instinct to survive. When an
animal sees a predator, he then recognizes a threat, its instinct to
survive will kick in, telling him to run. Survival works this way. But
things are different in our so-called civilized communities; survival is
not as cruel as it is in the wild, as a result, our instinct dulls. Being
contented by how easy things are for us as of the moment, we fail to
realize threats that might bring us our extinction. By failing to realize
threats, it follows that we cannot devise plans to avoid it. Dulling of
our basic instincts is made complicated by another problem: apathy.
Apathy is the fever of the society. Given the right circumstances, that
the problem is identified and that plans for the solution is already
formulated, an apathetic person might still not act. Even if they know
that they will be affected by the problem, these kinds of people thinks
that their contribution is too small that it will not even count, that is
why they will not even try.
Furthermore, problems should not be left hanging by just
identifying them, a problem demands a solution. As far as a law
student is concerned, we do not run out of solutions to a problem, we
are trained to create an idea from nothing. Personally, as a student of
law and as a future lawyer, I can help reduce the global warming by:
Fight misinformation and improve the information
dissemination regarding the global warming. Its
imperative that the majority of the population understands
how big of a problem is, and how much it will affect them.
Write letters to concerned bodies or give legislators idea
for a law to stop deforestation. Tropical deforestation is
one of the major contributors for the carbon dioxide buildup. A particular scene in the movie shows the boundaries

of two different countries having different laws governing

deforestation, and it was really evident that laws
regulating such activities play a key role in this proposed
solution.
Reduce emissions. We must communicate to the
concerned bodies to tighten the restrictions on emission
tests to significantly reduce the amount of heat-trapping
emissions that we are putting in our atmosphere.
Demand actions from our elected leaders to support and
implement a comprehensive set of climate solutions.

The things that we can do for the environment is never

limited, it is us thats imposing limitations. Following the above
stated logic, to remove the complication, we should not be
apathetic. To eliminate the aggravating factor, we must be very
observant and we should make sure that all warnings are heard
and is responded to. To solve global warming, we must not tend
to the complications; rather, we should go straight to jugular
and stab the factors causing it.