Read the excerpt from Greta Thunberg’s speech at the United Nations Climate Action Summit. The claim in this excerpt is that current efforts to reduce CO 2 emissions are ineffective. So a 50 percent risk is simply not acceptable to us—we who have to live with the consequences. To have a 67 percent chance of staying below a 1 point 5 degrees global temperature rise—the best odds given by the [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]—the world had 420 gigatons of CO 2 left to emit back on January 1, 2018. Today that figure is already down to less than 350 gigatons. How does this excerpt make persuasive the speaker’s claim persuasive?
Answer
A
It creates ethos by revealing the speaker’s research on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
B
It creates pathos by inciting an emotional response to the low levels of CO 2 left to emit.
C
It creates kairos by including a specific date by which changes must be made in order to be effective.
D
It creates logos by using data and evidence on climate change.