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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. Do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

#countries #persons #address #stage #environment #level
Environmental degradation has become an issue of grave concern.
While
 I believe that big
steps
 to save the environment are needed to be taken at the global
level
, I disagree that no
steps
 can be taken at the national and individual
level
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. There are many reasons why
steps
 need to be taken at the international
level
 to save the environment.
Firstly
, pollution caused by one country can affect many others.
For instance
, the whole Pacific Ocean has now been polluted with mercury
due to
release
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 of industrial wastewater into the Pacific Ocean by Japan’s industries.
Similarly
, the ozone hole is the biggest over
the
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Antarctica, nowhere near the industrialized nations of
US
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 or Europe, which were the main polluters in the 20th century.
Therefore
, global intervention is needed to ameliorate these issues.
However
, it would be wrong to say that nothing can be done at the individual country’s
level
.
To begin
 with,
countries
 have to make rules and laws at
national
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level
 to be followed by people.
In addition
,
countries
 can take the lead and take
steps
, which show the way for other
countries
 to follow. To exemplify, many
countries
 are now copying
the
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Israel’s desalination water model. Here a single country’s efforts have resulted in a global solution to fresh-water concerns.
Similarly
, small measures taken at the individual
level
 will take mammoth dimensions when mounted up.
For example
, if 9 billion people
of
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 the world plant a tree each, say no to plastics and start using public transport more, it would have gigantic results. People can take simple
steps
 like recycling things
such
 as newspapers, plastics and glass. They could
also
 walk for short distances
instead
 of using their vehicles and for long
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 they could use
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public transport.
Thus
, individual participation is actually critical to the success of global and
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level
 environmental efforts. Summing up, to protect the environment,
steps
 need to be taken at all levels – individual, national and international.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • 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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