Some think the current generation should take steps to protect the environment for the next generation. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Environmental issues have never been about contemporary
people
only, which also
would make significant impacts on our next
generation
. Some people
argue that our responsibility is just to protect the present inhabit, and I definitely disagree with this
view. In my opinion, environment conservation is not only about ourselves, but the future of this
beautiful planet and our offspring.
People
who argue against this
view think that the current generation
is not the main contributor to climate change and environmental pollutions. The industrial revolution resulted in the severely polluted circumstance from their perspective and surging populations and advances in medicine have also
contributed to the over-production and mass consumption. It is objectively unfair that people
today, and primarily the younger generation
only now entering the workforce, should have to suffer for industrialisation.
However
, it is the responsibility of the present generation
to take heed of these potentially dire warnings. People
in the past were either intentionally or unintentionally unaware of the repercussions of their actions but individuals today cannot make such
excuses. For example
, the rapidly deteriorating polar ice caps are directly impacting the natural habitats of animals around the world and some climate scientists believe that an uptick in natural disasters is also
related to this
and other man-made changes to the ecosystem. Moreover
, past generations who set the world on this
path can not come back and remedy their mistakes and future generations will resent the current one if steps are not taken towards drastic reforms.
In conclusion, though people
today bear little responsibility for climate change, they must commit to reversing its effects. Leaving this
problem for children of the future will put them in a potentially unwinnable situation.Submitted by liuhuixia0816 on
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