Who has the power?

 Going over the first topic of the module I wonder.

The main source of climate change is clearly greenhouse gases emissions. This said, we go on analysing the sources and causes of increases in greenhouse emissions: the burning of fossil fuels, cows and sheep's methane emission, cutting down trees which help regulate the climate and many more.

Not excluding the obvious which to me is that each single individual should be senzibilised in the fight and respect of the climate by recycling, cutting down on meat consumption, sharing the ethics with family and friends etc...

How much can individuals actually impact in the overall change and deceleration of climate change?
If most of individuals on the planet would change their daily habits, could we really make a significant enough impact to change the course of climate change?
Would the waste that we produce and recycle really end up being re-utilized or will it just end lost in the inefficient civil machine of waste collection?

On the other hand, would we not need in any case, regardless of the big effort that many individuals can make, a big and important switch in the mindset and agenda of the biggest corporations of the world to actually see the necessary change to move the course of ecological history towards a real recovery?

Can the public sector really find a solution to this problem, or should it not be instead the private one to take up the ownership of this battle?

It might be that my being Italian moulded me to have a general disbelief towards the real functioning and effectiveness of the public organs, but I hope I will get a more academic answer to this question as I proceed the discussion with my peers and professors..

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