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In an attempt to mollify any negative reaction the audience may have had to being blamed for the issue, Lee reassures listeners that they 'are the leaders … and [they] need to be part of the solution' and ensures that action can still be taken.

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Through the utilisation of alarming, factual figures expressing "species are being lost... up to 100 times the natural rate of extinction", Professor Chris Lee deeply perturbs the audience of the current and potential increasingly-worse future of our planet, thereby instilling an impassioned desire to take action immediately.

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Lee propagated the necessity to take action through the triplet repetition of 'gone' to reiterate the dire consequences of continued lack of progress.

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Through the use of statistics, stating that “we have lost 35% of mangroves, 40% of forest and 50% of wetlands,” professor Lee provokes fear upon the audience by accentuating the urgency of the issue. 

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Through the use of statistics, stating that “we have lost 35% of mangroves, 40% of forest and 50% of wetlands,” professor Lee provokes fear upon the audience by accentuating the urgency of the issue. 

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The incorporation of repetitive rhetorical questions shifts the onus of responsibility on to the audience and stimulates them to consider their own role in the issue at hand and reflect on their own behaviours, thus generating guilt amongst the delegates by urging them to believe that they themselves are part of the pressing nature of the global warming issue.

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Chris Lee states that over the last one hundred years, we have lost 35% of mangroves, 40% of forests and 50% of wetlands, and how 38% of species are threatened and 804 already extinct. By incorporating these statistics he is bolstering his argument.

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Utilising statistics on the Earth's dramatic reduction in biodiversity, Lee intends to add credibility to his arguments and motivate other delegates towards protecting the '50% of wetlands' and '60% of forests' that remain.

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Lee suggests that if we do not do something to resolve problems involving biodiversity our earth is going to drastically change. He depicts a “lush jungle” and conversely a “scorched earth”.  This highlights the importance of people helping to solve the issue of biodiversity.

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The author averred that the need for action was important through his emphasis on…

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professor Lee insists on the urgency for society to begin taking action through the utilization of facts and statistics,  stating that humanity has lost 35% of mangroves, 40% of forests and 50% wetlands, simultaneously, species are being lost at a rate of 100 times the natural rate extinction, suggesting that if no immediate action is taken, it would become too late to resolve any problems regarding to biodiversity.

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professor Lee insists on the urgency for society to begin taking action through the utilization of facts and statistics,  stating that humanity has lost 35% of mangroves, 40% of forests and 50% wetlands, simultaneously, species are being lost at a rate of 100 times the natural rate extinction, suggesting that if no immediate action is taken, it would become too late to resolve any problems regarding to biodiversity.

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Utilising dramatic imagery of a ‘lush jungle’ in comparison to a ‘scorched Earth’ the speaker instils a daunting apprehension in the audience through the projection of undesirable yet inevitable consequences of current climate change attitudes.

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Lee targets the audience's empathy through using language such as 'it is too late for them!', engendering listeners to feel guilt and responsibility over their lack of previous action and how our world has suffered.

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Through the utilisation of imagery in his description of "a lush jungle" turned "to scorched earth," Lee invokes a sense of fear and shock in the audience, engendering them to act on their fear of the described, lifeless world. 

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Through the utilisation of imagery in his description of "a lush jungle" turned "to scorched earth," Lee invokes a sense of fear and shock in the audience, engendering them to act on their fear of the described, lifeless world. 

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Professor Lee paints a picture in the audiences' mind by implementing a variety of imagery phases such as "brown sun bakes earth" and "mud turns to hard, cracked ground" to allow them to visualise the current environment and surroundings around them.