Environmental problems are too big for individual countries and individual persons to address. In other words, we have reached the stage where the only way to protect the environment is at an international level. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

Climate change is a phenomenon affecting all
people
in all walks of life, from individual
citizens
to whole countries and huge multinational companies.
Therefore
, I disagree with the notion that the only way to address the environmental problems is at
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level
. I firmly believe that
this
colossal problem can only be handled if all individuals contribute; all governments take
steps
at
national
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level
and
also
join hands at an international
level
. Undoubtedly, gigantic
steps
need to be taken
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and are being taken at the international
level
. The 'COP21' in Paris in November 2015 is a step in
this
direction. The aim of 'COP21' is well known: to reach a universal agreement limiting the rise in global average temperature to 2°C above pre-industrial levels. All nations are realizing that climate change is one of the greatest challenges faced by mankind today. Many
steps
can be taken at the national
level
. Governments can aware
people
of the benefits of using
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devices.
For instance
,
this
year government of India gave 2 LED
bulbs
to each government employee at Rs 10/- each under the "Prakash Path" scheme. The cost of each bulb is Rs 400/-. The cost will be recovered by adding a very small amount
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each month's electricity bill for about a year. In about 100 cities, the streetlights have been replaced with LED
bulbs
, which is a saving
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a huge amount per day. LED
bulbs
use a tenth of electricity as compared to other
bulbs
. Once
people
realize that by using LED
bulbs
, their electricity bills will reduce, they will be prepared to make the initial heavy investment
also
.
Although
the international and national
level
steps
are imperative, it is
also
a fact that individual action combined with governmental action can do a lot more to prevent climate change than if individual
citizens
were not involved. In a world of six billion
people
, if everyone stopped wasting water,
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their rubbish properly,
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accepting recycled
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material
materia
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! and stopped succumbing to consumerism,
then
it would go a long way in solving the problem of
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. Summing up, individual
citizens
cannot sit back and say it is someone else's responsibility to protect the environment; we must all play our part - individual
citizens
and governments at the national and international
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  • globalization
  • environmental degradation
  • unified approach
  • climate change
  • pollution
  • resource constraints
  • technology constraints
  • international treaties
  • global standards
  • collective efforts
  • local initiatives
  • non-governmental organizations
  • corporations
  • environmental protection
  • specificities
  • innovative potential
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