Are We Doing Enough To Combat Climate Change?

The question on a lot of environmentalists' minds is, “Are we doing enough to combat climate change?”

And yet, we must be doing an awful job at raising awareness of climate change - let alone combatting it - if people continue to think it doesn't exist, despite all the scientific evidence to the contrary.

(Our planet has been around for billions of years and humans have only been around for thousands, so why is it we're speeding up Earth’s destruction in what little time we've been here?)

Perhaps some simply believe it's not a big enough problem to worry about. But if people continue to think like that, then the next generation will think that, and the next, and so on and so forth.

At the rate we're going, all the problems relating to climate change are just going to be left for the future generations to solve. What hope are they going to have if we let them do all the work, when it's too late?

At the moment, environmentalists are working to raise awareness of climate change and encourage people to use less aerosols, less fuel, et cetera.

However, in order for us to ‘do enough’ for climate change, a lot more people need to know and be aware of the effects climate change could bring.

The trouble is, islands are sinking and people are dying thanks to climate change and yet we're still at the raising awareness stage. We need the great minds of today to start working to combat climate change rather than contributing to it, while the world catches up.

What have people really done to combat global warming? Sure, maybe some are using a little less electricity and being a bit more 'green', but a small percentage of people can't change the balance of the entire world (no matter what a lot of movies lead you to think).

A small percentage can inspire change, but a large population has to commit to it in order for it to work.

The Earth will end one day, but at this pace, it's going to end faster than we will be ready for. It would be a shame for a planet that has been around for billions of years to die simply because of the negligence of the people who lived there for just a little while.

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