On December 11, 2015, over 190 countries came together at Cop21, also known as the 2015 Paris Climate Conference meeting in Paris. At the meeting, they discussed a universal agreement on climate change.

As we find more evidence that climate change is active in our environment, we find that the countries producing the most CO2 levels is China, and second being ours truly, the United States.

For 650,000 years atmospheric carbon dioxide has never been at its current level, and in the same amount of time there has been seven cycles of glacial advance and retreat. Most scientists agree that the one cause of climate change is the growing spread of unnatural human-induced “Greenhouse Effect.”

Without the natural Greenhouse Effect the earth would be much colder and human life would not thrive; however, 97% of climate scientists agree that humans have changed the Earth’s atmosphere over two centuries.

When Bob Jones teacher Mr. Johnston was asked about the issue he responded, “The poor will be affected the most, as well as those living along coastlines, but the economic disruption and security issues cause by environmental refugees will affect everyone on the planet. The bottom line is this: it is past time to depoliticize a global catastrophic threat, listen to climate scientists and act.”

A Bob Jones senior says she feels it is a “pressing issue” and “it is affecting our plants, animals, glaciers, and our atmosphere in general.”

With a record-breaking number of countries taking strong stands on climate change, we might be able to make a change.