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Some people think that environmental problems are too big for individuals to solve. Others believe individuals can also do some things to solve these problems. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

#people #individuals
Sceptics are of the
opinion
 that
people
 individually can do very few things in order to tackle issues related to the environment.
However
, experts are of the
opinion
 that
people
 should be involved in decisive action to deal with the detrimental effect on the environment. I am personally in favour of the latter
opinion
,
that is
 why both of them will be scrutinized in
this
 essay and prove my position. Critics of the positive influence on the environment by individuals are of the
opinion
 that
people
 are not able to affect drastically
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environmental problems because the vast majority of hazardous emissions,
contributed
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 to climate change, are produced by industrial output.
Moreover
, the concentration of waste from a single factory in a particular place may frequently put the entire
regions
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 under the threat. Nuclear fuel production, as an example, often contaminates water because of the features of the technological process, ground and surrounding area by extracting
of
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raw materials.
Furthermore
, the usage of produced nuclear fuel bears a risk of explosion, which is obviously more dangerous for an extensive area than activities of a gigantic group of
people
.
Nevertheless
, scientists advocate the theory that bringing consumption down by
people
 is an intrinsic part of reducing carbon footprint and
related
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 to industrial production pollution. Not only do individuals generate consumer demand, which leads to growth of manufacture, but
also
 spread pollution far from industrial
centers
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, even in remote, uninhabited areas. These,
for instance
, are liable to accelerate melting snow in Antarctica, which in turn causes
further
 severe consequences, more dangerous than the initial contamination. In conclusion,
although
 it is widely claimed that
people
 do not vastly affect
the
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nature, I am inclined to the view that taking active participation in
mitigation
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the mitigation
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 of environmental problems.
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Include an introduction and conclusion

A conclusion is essential for IELTS writing task 2. It is more important than most people realise. You will be penalised for missing a conclusion in your IELTS essay.

The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Prediction or recommendation

Example:

To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

  • In conclusion
  • To conclude
  • To summarize
  • Finally
  • In a nutshell
  • In general

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