Individuals can do nothing to improve the environment. Only governments and large companies can make a difference. What extent do you agree or disagree?

Some people claim that only governments and large companies could make progress in improving the

environment

.

Therefore

, citizens' contributions are meaningless. I completely disagree with that idea. On the one hand, the contribution of big business and the authority bodies are one of the key factors in enhancing the quality of the

environment

.

Firstly

, when the large companies could make a profit, which they could pay more tax, the governments could invest in new technology to mitigate environmental issues

such

as alternative energy, namely wind or solar.

Secondly

, pollution is a global concern, which brings about a myriad of conferences about the

environment

. National bodies attending would propose more effective methods to make the

environment

better. An illustration is in the climate change conference in 2015, an argument was about all countries attending need to reduce carbon emission was committed.

This

led to a significant change in the progress to prevent climate change.

On the other hand

, everybody could

also

contribute to

protect

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the

environment

on their own. The taxes which the government received every year partly

came

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from the income of ordinary people, which

also

contributed to the ability

of adopting

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the

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apply

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new technology to protect the

environment

.

Moreover

, ordinary people could minimize the damage to habitats by doing trivial things

such

as littering properly, reducing the amount of plastic in their lives, and using water and electricity economically.

For example

, in Vietnam, environmental organizations established by high school students cleared all the trash along the coast of the country, which saved a number of marine creatures and

also

raised the awareness of the residents about protecting the

environment

. In conclusion, it is irrefutable that the importance of influential firms and governments in the process of protecting the

environment

is growing. I believe that individuals could contribute to that process.