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IELTS Essay: Explain some of the ways in which humans are damaging the environment. What c...

Prompt

Explain some of the ways in which humans are damaging the environment. What can governments do to address these problems? What can individual people do?

#human environmental damage#government action#individual action#mitigation strategies#shared responsibility

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 covers damage types and actions for both levels, while Band 9 shows how government policy creates incentives that either enable or hinder individual action.

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Key concepts in this essay

scale and scope of human impact
policy instruments
behavioral change mechanisms
market failures and externalities

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Separating government and individual responsibilities rather than showing how they reinforce or undermine each other
Listing damages without explaining causal mechanisms (e.g., why does deforestation lead to climate change?)
Proposing actions without considering implementation barriers or unintended consequences

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