Writing task 2: Some believe people should fight climate change

The views of people differ greatly on whether climate change should be tackled fiercely, or should people accept it as a reality and learn to live with it. In my opinion, people must make collective efforts to counter climate change and its deleterious effects. Indeed, climate change is an ongoing process that has had an enormous, mostly negative, impact on the environment. People who oppose any action to mitigate climate change do so claiming that climate change is a natural process that has been going on for centuries. They believe that any effort to stop climate change is futile and a waste of resources, instead, people are better off learning to live with it and adapting to the changes. For instance, people should get used to living in hotter temperatures during summers as a result of climate change. Moreover, most people holding this view also feel that climate change and its effects have been exaggerated in recent times and it is not an issue worthy of attention and prompt action. In my opinion, however, climate change is an issue that requires prompt collective action of mankind because its deleterious impact on the planet can be disastrous for humans. Humans have played a role to accelerate climate change and, as a result, today temperatures throughout the world have risen. For instance, this year Canada registered its hottest temperature ever recorded. This situation has come about due to the imprudent actions of mankind and a complete disregard to the environment. Extensive deforestation and destruction of the ozone layer due to toxic fumes generated in factories are a few examples of humans' role in acceleration of the process of climate change. The disastrous consequences of climate change warrant collective efforts to reverse it or slow it down at least. For instance, melting of glaciers due to climate change could result in a catastrophe with flooding of low lying areas everywhere. Therefore, it is only understandable that people must take this issue seriously and put in all possible efforts to fight it. In conclusion, I would like to reiterate that, in my opinion, people who are unconcerned about climate change should learn about its disastrous effects and they must, along with those who are already aware of them, take part in efforts to counter it so that we can collectively prevent a catastrophe.