Question Description
Here is a template for a formal letter that you can use to help structure your writing.
Your assignment is to write a letter to inform someone about climate change, the threat it poses, and possible solutions to mitigate harm.
Here are some questions that you should consider as you draft your letter:
- Who is your audience?
- Who is the best person of influence to address this letter to? (You may wish to research elected officials or other governmental organizations as prospective recipients)
- What goal are you trying to achieve with this letter?
- What specific environmental issues do you want to address in your letter?
- Why are these issues important to you?
- What do experts say about this issue? (This may require some additional research – please remember to cite sources)
- What laws or policies influence this issue? (This may require some additional research – please remember to cite sources)
- What solutions might you propose to address the issue(s)?
- How can a person of influence help to solve this problem?