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(a)"How can policies of your governemnt either contribute or help to reduce the problem of global warming?"

In the recent years, due to the unpredictable climate change, global warming has been becoming more of a concern in most of the countries. Therefore, the government, including Singapore has been introducing policies to tackle this problem. These policies introduce by the governemnt help to reduce the probelm of global warming in two ways: reducing air pollution and reduce deforestation.

Firstly, the government has been setting up several Electronics Road Pric (ERPs) in several parts of Singapore. This does not only helps in reducing traffic congestion, it also encourages the people to use the public transport. Therefore, it can helps in reducing the number of crs travelling on the road, which then reduce the emission of carbon dioxide. This can helps to cut down on the amount of air pollution. Furthermore, the Resident Committe(RCs) has also been conducting annual planting of trees event, where the MPs of that district will also participate in. These events not only helps in fostering a stronger bond between the residents and the MPs, it also helps in the removal of carbon dioxide since plants give off oxygen and absorbs carbon dioxide.

Secondly, the government has also installed new rubbish chute in the HDB flat. These rubbish chute are used only for items that are recyclable. Not only in HDB falt, there are also rubbish bins with different types of label such as "Paper", "Plastic" and "Metal" placed on shopping malls for the shoppers to throw their rubbish into the respective bins. Furthermore, the National Environment Agency has also been airing a programme on the television. This programme is meant to educate or remind the people on the various ways of saving the environment. hence, it encourages the people to constantly practise the 3Rs: Recycle, reuse and reduce. In this way, it can reduce the amount of trees being cut down.

However, not only is the government introducing policies to reduce the problem of global warming, organizations are also playing their parts. For instance, the NTUC Fairprice introduced a policy that states that every shoppers need to bring their own bag on every wednesday. Else tehy will have to donate some amount of money for each plastic bag that they need. Even schools are also adopting this policy, such as at the NUS Co-op. And the money collected will goes to charity. Thus this is like using one stone to kill two birds. It helps to save the environment and also those unfortunates.

In conclusion, to reduce global warming, it does not depends only on one person's effort, but it is curcial for evry person to play their parts. If each person conrtibutes a little, they will have a more conducive and better environemnt to live in. Else, the one who is going to suffer at the end will also be them; the human beings.