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As
an international issue, whether environmental matters must be administered by
persons or countries, I personally agree that responsibility should goes to the
government as a decision maker in a political system. My main reason is that
the government has a central role in regulating ecological issues, especially
related to the environment. Another justification is that people, in a political
perspective, have less power than the government. Last but not least, if the individual
is entrusted to be responsible for solving the environmental problems, it might
be less effective.
There
is an ongoing debate about the appropriate role of the government for solving
environmental issues. However, in a state political system, authority for
regulating rules rely on the country. This is due to its capacity to provide appropriate
resources. Financial resources for instance, should be provided to fund lots of
programs related to environmental preservation, like seminars, international
conventions and implementing programs. However, dealing with an international
issue like this would cost the earth. In addition, cooperation among countries
must be settled for sharing costs and ensuring sustainability of the programs. The
individual, on the other hand, is less capable of providing both funding and building
cooperation. This does not mean that people can do nothing to manage the issue.
On the contrary, individuals are effectively capable of evaluating and
assessing the programs that are run by the government.
Every
person is capable of managing environmental issues. There is a theory that the
most effective communication is person to person. For example in a seminar about
new initiatives on the government’s environmental programs, ideas of speakers can
be easily discussed by audience. As a result, ideas could successfully develop
in a further discussion. Like Al Gore for instance, a former Vice President of
The United States. He had attended lots of international seminars all over the
world to spread his idea about this. His idea about using renewable energy
resources for everyday life has successfully spread into lots of countries, especially
when he has successfully advised the Indonesian government for in implementing
his idea about the use of sustainable energy resources. As a result, there is a
regulation number 23 in 2003 about sustainable energy. In comparison to the
government approach which is totally administrative, individual efforts in
dealing with this matter seem to fit the bill.
In
my point of view, I firmly belief that an international issue like the environment
should be addressed to the government. This is because, they do not only have
proper resources but they are also capable of implementing ideas and programs
related to environmental matter.
In
conclusion, although every person is capable of managing environmental
problems, but in the political perspective, the government has possessed far
significant role on delivering regulations and programs for managing ecological
issues.
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