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English Audio Request

maiphuonghaha
338 Words / 1 Recordings / 1 Comments
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Topic: Climate change is a phenomenon that affects countries all over the world. Many people strongly believe that it is the responsibility of individuals, rather than corporations and governments, to deal with this problem. To what extent do you agree?

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Climate change is a very real danger that threatens not only our lives but also the quality of life of future generations. To combat this, I strongly disagree that individuals need to take responsibility because governments, in cooperation with private companies, have both a greater responsibility and capacity in this matter.

Climate change cannot simply be the responsibility of private citizens because they do not have the ability to affect large systemic changes in the way that governments in conjunction with corporations do. People can only contribute in small ways; for every person who recycles, there are several people who do not and there is no certain way to change this. Governments, on the other hand, can enact legislation requiring both individuals and large corporations to abide by certain restrictions. Laws for corporations are the real solution as they contribute by far the most to climate change and by reducing how much waste produced and how they treat that waste, climate change can be seriously countered.

The second reason governments should be responsible for combating climate change is that governments are responsible for global problems while individuals should only have to deal with local and personal problems. A person should only concern themselves with their job and personal life because that is the extent of their responsibility. Governments are responsible for various things related to their citizens including security, health care in some cases, and education. Included in security is the environment because it impacts citizen’s well-being; therefore, this falls under the remit of governmental responsibility.

Individuals will never be able to have the effect government will and it is not their responsibility at any rate. In my opinion, governments, by taking measures to rein in corporate and private waste, are taking up their rightful burden.

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maiphuonghaha
Aug. 20, 2020

Thank you very much!

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