Post by Admin on Dec 10, 2015 13:17:11 GMT
Environmental problems such as pollution and climate change affect all the people in the world. Although global decisions are made to reduce these problems, the solutions are not effective. Why are the solutions ineffective? How can these problems be solved?
Issues affecting the environment are of global concern and there have been a number of international agreements aimed at providing solutions. To date, these have proved fruitless and I believe other measures are required.
Agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol have proved in vain because not every country in the world participates. The USA, for example, did not agree to Kyoto, and Canada withdrew in 2011. In addition, there are no sanctions for nations who break agreements, rendering them ineffective. There are also problems in effecting and plans made. Developing countries, for example, have insufficient resources to search for alternative energy or reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While rich countries agree that poor ones need money, very little has so far changed hands. There is also the issue of credibility in terms of scientific reporting. The IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change) was criticized for overstating the problem and manipulating data, making it hard for some countries to believe the evidence and sign up to global agreements like Kyoto.
The solution lies in accurate reporting of both the causes and solutions to environmental problems and in every nation agreeing what steps should be taken. This is difficult, particularly when more pressing issues such as war, famine and disease are foremost in a government’s mind. There also needs to be a worldwide levy on government income, collected, for example, by the World Bank, with rich nations contributing the most in order to help poorer nations make environmental changes.
In short, a global problem requires a global solution, but until everyone agrees on the solutions and is willing to contribute cash to solving them, I believe environmental issues will remain unresolved.
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Less common vocabulary:
K4: credibility, foremost, greenhouse, protocol
K5: famine, levy, vain
K8: overstating
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Issues affecting the environment are of global concern and there have been a number of international agreements aimed at providing solutions. To date, these have proved fruitless and I believe other measures are required.
Agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol have proved in vain because not every country in the world participates. The USA, for example, did not agree to Kyoto, and Canada withdrew in 2011. In addition, there are no sanctions for nations who break agreements, rendering them ineffective. There are also problems in effecting and plans made. Developing countries, for example, have insufficient resources to search for alternative energy or reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While rich countries agree that poor ones need money, very little has so far changed hands. There is also the issue of credibility in terms of scientific reporting. The IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change) was criticized for overstating the problem and manipulating data, making it hard for some countries to believe the evidence and sign up to global agreements like Kyoto.
The solution lies in accurate reporting of both the causes and solutions to environmental problems and in every nation agreeing what steps should be taken. This is difficult, particularly when more pressing issues such as war, famine and disease are foremost in a government’s mind. There also needs to be a worldwide levy on government income, collected, for example, by the World Bank, with rich nations contributing the most in order to help poorer nations make environmental changes.
In short, a global problem requires a global solution, but until everyone agrees on the solutions and is willing to contribute cash to solving them, I believe environmental issues will remain unresolved.
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Less common vocabulary:
K4: credibility, foremost, greenhouse, protocol
K5: famine, levy, vain
K8: overstating
www.ieltsexchange.com