Question

Read the excerpt from Greta Thunberg’s speech at the United Nations Climate Action Summit.

So a 50% risk is simply not acceptable to us—we who have to live with the consequences.

To have a 67% chance of staying below a 1.5 degrees global temperature rise—the best odds given by the [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]—the world had 420 gigatons of CO2 left to emit back on January 1, 2018. Today that figure is already down to less than 350 gigatons.

How dare you pretend that this can be solved with just "business as usual” and some technical solutions? With today’s emissions levels, that remaining CO2 budget will be entirely gone within less than 8 1/2 years.

How does the underlined rhetorical question support the claim that current efforts to reduce CO2 emissions are ineffective?

by presenting a solution to the problems of not addressing CO2 emissions sooner
by emphasizing that the audience is not trying hard enough to reduce CO2 emissions
by highlighting the pattern in global temperature rises that cause CO2 emissions to increase
by focusing on methods that would be most effective at immediately reducing CO2 emissions

Answer 1

Greta Thunberg's rhetorical question in her speech emphasizes the current CO2 emission reduction efforts as ineffective and calls for immediate and radical action rather than complacency with 'business as usual.'

Step-by-step explanation:

The underlined rhetorical question in Greta Thunberg's speech, "How dare you pretend that this can be solved with just 'business as usual' and some technical solutions?" is posed to challenge and criticize the current efforts in reducing CO2 emissions as being ineffective. This question emphasizes that the measures taken by the audience, presumably policymakers and leaders, are insufficient in addressing the severity of the climate crisis. It reinforces the urgency of the situation and implies that the current trajectory of CO2 emissions and reliance on modest measures will not prevent the grave consequences of climate change. By questioning the complacency surrounding 'business as usual,' Thunberg is asserting that radical action and sincere commitment to reducing emissions are needed immediately, reflecting the ineffectiveness of current efforts and the need for drastic change.

Answer 2

Answer: I think its B

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