Can Individuals Play an Effective Role in Tackling Global Warming?

Global warming is one of the most discussed issues, especially with its increasing effect in recent years.Climate changes and extreme weather conditions, which are the main effects of global warming, have already become a part of our lives. Unfortunately, if people continue to act as they are now and do not start to take serious measures, in the near future, the effects of global warming will take a permanent place in our lives and cause many more negative consequences. Accordingly, each individual has responsibilities to reduce the effects of global warming. At this point, it is of great importance how effective the roles of individuals will be in this regard. Considering all these, I think every individual can play an effective role in tackling global warming.

The action taken by each individual against global warming is very important because even simple actions can become widespread in society as a result of people being easily influenced by each other. These actions that can be taken by individuals can be exemplified as using public transport, eating less dairy and meat, reducing their energy usage, protecting and respecting green spaces by not causing pollution, always putting their trash in the bin, using high quality insulation in buildings, cutting on consumption, using filters in car exhausts and factory chimneys, etc. By taking these actions, carbon dioxide emissions can be reduced and the formation of greenhouse gases, which are the main reasons of global warming, can be prevented. A group of individuals taking some or all of these actions and working actively against the global warming ensures that a large part of the society become knowledgeable and conscious in terms of global warming. Thus, the other parts of the society take these actions as well. In this way, the movements of individuals against global warming are strengthened and they can have a great impact to the Earth.

It is very important for individuals to communicate with other people about global warming and make their voices heard in order to raise awareness. Today, with the development of technology, many communication channels have entered our lives. The most popular communication channels with the highest interaction between people are undoubtedly social networking sites as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook etc. Accordingly, individuals can invite other people for tackling global warming by actively using social media. Therefore, individuals can make their voices heard in large audiences without exerting much effort. Also, if individuals tell other people in their neighborhood or family about the actions they have taken and what to do against global warming, they can persuade or encourage these people to take the necessary actions against global warming to prevent its negative effects.

Despite all these information, many individuals think that while there are approximately 7.8 billion people in the world, their role is very little, even not important and will have no impact against global warming. In my opinion, this is completely wrong and illogical because,if individuals continue to think in this way and do not fulfill their responsibilities regarding global warming, the effects of global warming may become unavoidable and the world can be uninhabitable in a short time period. Accordingly, if we do not want to face these consequences, every individual should consciously take action to prevent the effects of global warming. Because, as mentioned before, each individual is very important to set an example for the society by their actions and to raise awareness of the people about global warming. Therefore, every individual can play a quite effective role in tackling global warming with the large masses they create.

All in all, I believe that every individual can play an effective role by fulfilling their responsibilities in tackling global warming by the actions they take. These actions are mainly taken to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases which are the main reasons of global warming. Along with these actions, individuals can also prevent the negative effects of global warming by communication. By using communicating channels such as social media or TVs, individuals can raise other people’s awareness and encourage them to fulfill their responsibilities in terms of reducing the effects of global warming.