In order to prevent global climate change, it is argued that individuals and governments as well as businesses play a part together. I agree with this opinion, since actions from one party would not be possible without support from the others.
We all know that government is a party that impose the law. They can reinforce all related stakeholder by giving reward and punishment. Nowadays, some governments has implemented policy that is environmental friendly. There are several common policies that i really notice according to my experience. The first is providing designated trash bin. Commonly there are two kind of trash bins which are recycled and non-recycled bin. Further, those can be broken down, for instance, the recycled one has different bin for plastic and can respectively. The second policy is to add additional charge for the usage of plastic bag in every store by collaborating with the business. There is also other policy which is the mass production of low emission transportation means. However, only few countries has implemented this since this policy requires high cost.
In order to succeed those policies, it depends on the individuals. Being provided with different kind of bins, we can easily sort out our rubbish and prevent us mixing them. While if people still litter, than they can get fined as the punishment. As for the plastic bag, the charge will encourage people to bring their own bags thus it will reduce the amount of recycled trash. Then, regarding the third policy, it is now become a positive lifestyle. Even though the price is still expensive, people now has motivation to buy low-carbon car as their private vehicle.
Based on explanations above, we can conclude that all the policies is aimed to individual. The government acts as regulation provider in collaboration with the business. Meanwhile, individual is the subject who will succeed government’s program. Thus, it is impossible to only rely on either of them.
Hary Prabowo Suryoatmojo 