Peer Review of Wen Ni's Essay

To make things convenient for Wen Ni to check her work with respect to this peer review, I have divided this review into sections:

Overall
The essay is well written as it is coherent and cohesive, as well as interesting to follow. You organize the parts well and it is easy to understand.

However, I would like to suggest that you use different paragraphs for the 3 different leaders as I had observed that your organization of the essay is based on these three leaders. It would be easier for the reader to relate your supporting points with the respective leaders.

Introduction
Your introduction is interesting as you capture the reader's attention by starting off with a quote. Your thesis statement is clear and precise as you inform the reader of the extra importance of appointing a strong leader. Thus, answering directly to the question.

Body Paragraphs
Your paragraphs contain a few ideas but you organized it quite well and it supports your thesis statement excluding the part where you combined part of Ripert's qualities with the introduction of Merkel's. As mentioned above, it would be better if Merkel's part has a paragraph on its own. It will further show the importance of Merkel's qualities in answering this question.

In addition, there are some parts which I think you should consider revising which is:

"the leader should be the one who never turn back and give up until the very last minute"

and also

"Other than being positive, he was far-sighted and intelligent".
There are a few more of these similar mistakes.

Conclusion
Your conclusion does not have any transition from your main body. I would like to suggest that you add in transition words or phrases like "In conclusion, to summarize it all, etc". Other than that, your overall conclusion is good as it contains a brief summary of your main points and it supports your thesis.

Citations
Remember to include your in-text citations and references, especially your quote at the beginning of your essay.

Summary on Climate Change: Issues and Responses

On the evening of 5th February 2010, we attended an informative talk delivered by Dr. Leong Shie-Yui and Dr. Benjamin K. Sovacool on the topic of Climate Change. I will now present my views with regards to Dr. Benjamin’s enlightening presentation on the institutional and individual response to climate change issues.

Dr. Benjamin started off by giving a brief overview on the problems faced during climatic changes. The main constituent of the greenhouse gases, which is one of the key factors leading to the change in climate, is the emission of carbon dioxide gases, also famously known as CO2. Studies show that there is a significant increase in the emissions of CO2 since the early 1900s by many countries around the world. The emissions of CO2 are generally closely connected to the capita of the countries; the countries with the higher income average contribute a considerably large amount of CO2 as compared to the countries with the lower income average.

To assist in sustaining, stabilizing or if possible, reducing the amount of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere, Dr. Benjamin proposes 2 levels of actions which can be implemented – institutional and individual.

For institutional actions to achieve climate stabilization, they are divided into 6 sectors which are [1] energy supply, [2] transport, [3] buildings, [4] industry, [5] agriculture and forestry, and lastly [6] waste management. A variety of examples are given for the different sectors stated above so as to increase our awareness on how the different sectors can carry out the actions to achieve climate stabilization. There are few examples which caught my attention; one of which is the fact that some countries limit the number of driving days for its people, just to reduce its CO2 emissions from its vehicles. Not to forget, the extended producer responsibility for waste management in some companies such as NOKIA, which manages the disposal of its mobile phones as well, as quoted by Dr. Benjamin.

For individual actions, Dr. Benjamin divides them into 4 sections which are [1] sustainable electricity, [2] sustainable food, [3] sustainable homes, and [4] sustainable technology. The suggestions he brought up are mainly on individuals changing their normal routines and habits, from a simple action such as unplugging unused appliances, to a more complicated action of changing food habits.

Although some would believe that the institutional actions would show a more significant impact to the cause, it actually boils down to the individual itself. If every single individual contributes their part in stabilizing the climate, it would make a vast amount of difference as a whole.