Environmental issues, either at the local level or at the global scale, require massive support from administrations across the world. It is argued that the government should lessen its spending on domestic environmental issues and allocate more funding towards more urgent and pressing issues like global warming. I disagree with this argument; investing in solving domestic environmental problems requires fewer resources as compared to other major environmental issues.
To begin with, all the major climate concerns of today have evolved from pollution created at the local scale. In other words, global warming is the outcome of an increasing amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by areas around the world. For example, an increasing number of motor vehicles in the countryside area is one of the significant factors that need immediate attention from the administration. In a number of countries, governments are taking numerous crucial steps in this regard, such as discouraging car usage by introducing efficient mass transport systems in cities, which requires a sizeable amount of investment. Therefore, reducing the amount of money to be spent on overcoming this problem will result in more damage to the global environment.
Moreover, besides the rising level of pollutants in the air by cars in cities, most countries are also accelerating global warming through deforestation. Forests are considered the lungs of the Earth, which absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen into the atmosphere. This process not only keeps the air clean but also regulates the Earth’s surface temperature. However, a developing nations are clear-cutting their forests in order to maintain their lifestyle. Governments in these countries have started to realize the impact of deforestation and now they are moving towards implementing conservation and preservation policies to protect these forests. Moreover, a number of states have also started reforestation activities. For instance, recently, Ethiopia set a world record by planting 350 million trees in the designated areas across the state within 12 hours.
In conclusion, in my opinion, local environmental issues such as greenhouse gas emission and deforestation are the most critical factors which lead to the most pressing problem of global warming today. Therefore, policymakers ought to continue funding the solutions to fund the resolution of these causes rather than discontinue it.