After reading “What The UN Climate Report Predicts For NYC”, the author talks about how NYc is prone to a  lot of side effects from climate change. The author Rosemary Misdary went over how heat waves are becoming more usual as well as flooding. She phrases from interviews saying NYC needs to cease from using fossil fuel before intense storms and higher temperatures happen. Because of these, it can also affect the sea-levels. It was reported that deaths have happened over the past couple years because of the heatwaves. The author emphasized how the heatwave can affect the people physically and mentally. She mentioned how NYC will have a lot more trouble because of the asphalt and concrete that covers most of NYC and the lack of greenspace, which is very important for humans. While the author covers the effects of climate change on NYC she also gave solutions like planting as much trees to help people combat extreme temperatures. 

 

  • Who’s the author? 
  • Rosemary Misdary
  • Works for WNYC, it is America’s most listened to- public radio and producer of award-winning programs
  • Misdary is very passionate about topics like these as she has written multiple articles covering greenhouse emissions and global warming \

 

Who’s their audience? Primary audience for this specific article is the people of NYC. Other Audiences might also be the people that are also living in big cities like NYC. Since there are also tons of other cities going through the same thing as NYC. I don’t think the author  was ignoring any other audience since this article was meant to raise awareness to everyone including people outside NYC.

What’s the occasion? The author wrote this at this particular moment because we are at a time where we don’t have as many opportunities and time to fix and correct climate changes before irreversible damage happens. The article gave a lot of facts about how climate change has been  and will continue to affect NYC negatively. This was published in the Gothamist website powered  by WNYC.

What’s the purpose?  The purpose was to raise awareness and let everyone know that NYC needs to act faster because things can get worse.

What’s the genre? Why use it? This genre was informative. It was the best to use for the audience because people may wonder why heat waves have been happening more often. IN this, you can find information on what is currently happening, what can happen, and what you can do before and after it happens. 

What is the tone? The tone was very sincere since there was a lot of emphasis on New Yorkers needing to act faster. 

Relevance: It does help me answer the question. However, I feel as if I can get more information if I were to read other articles, there are a lot more answers and information you can find from other articles.

Accuracy: This article is accurate. They have interviews from scientists and researchers as their evidence.