The New York Times By Nadine Unger - 998 Words

In The New York Times, Nadine Unger argues against the common belief of planting trees in her article, â€Å"To Save the Planet, Don t Plant Trees,† which was submitted online on September 19, 2014. She wrote this article due to the United Nations(UN) Climate Summit, which took place on September 23, 2014 in New York. The UN Climate Summit was a meeting to discuss climate change, where the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon invited leaders of governments, the private sector, and civil society to unite towards a low-carbon world. Unger mentions that they are likely to promote â€Å"reducing deforestation and planting trees† as they address â€Å"the rising rate of carbon emissions† (par. 1). She argues against the popular belief of how trees affect climate change and global warming. Her audience consists of Americans, tax-payers, and those affected by global warming and climate change, arguing that planting trees while avoiding deforestation is a bad gamble on the e arth s environment. Unger effectively argues that there are unknown effects of planting trees and implores her audience to intervene in the political situation through the use of statistics, scientific diction, and human emotion. Global warming has become such a politically hot topic. Unger mentions that the UN has met to discuss the issues and needed solutions pertaining to carbon emissions, believing that they will continue the cycle with planting trees and avoiding deforestation. She informs her audience about how planting