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IELTS Essay: Some believe that people should make efforts to fight climate change while ot...

Prompt

Some believe that people should make efforts to fight climate change while others think it is better to learn to live with it. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

#climate_adaptation#mitigation_vs_adaptation#climate_policy#risk_management#environmental_action

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 9 integrates that mitigation reduces adaptation costs and that adaptation alone leads to catastrophic outcomes at high warming levels; Band 7 presents both views as equally valid.

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Key concepts in this essay

climate_risk_management
mitigation_effectiveness
adaptation_feasibility
equity_in_climate_action
tipping_points

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Presenting adaptation and mitigation as either-or choices without recognizing both are necessary and complementary
Underestimating costs of adaptation in worst-case scenarios or overestimating human adaptability
Failing to address that adaptation requires resources unavailable to poorer nations without prior mitigation

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