Question: How does the Singapore government reduce
the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in Singapore to against global warming?
Thesis Statements: Singapore government has
cutting down the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) to fight against the
global warming by improve the energy efficient usage and raise the awareness.
Introduction- problem:
The global warming issue was getting serious nowadays, which caused the
glaciers in the North and South Pole were melting and the sea levels were
rising. All of these global warming effects were mostly caused by greenhouse
gases (GHGs) that emitted by the human activities that used to build the modern
lives of today. Majority of these GHGs were emitted from the buildings around
us, fossil fuels in transportations, industries and electricity generator.
Introduction- Solution: the best solution to prevent this
issue getting serious is to stabilize the concentration of GHGs and Singapore
government has supporting it to fight against the global warming by cutting
down the emission of GHGs from building and transportations.
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Paragraph 1- Topic Sentence: Singapore government has been focused on
cutting down the emission of GHGs from the transportations throughout the
years.
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Paragraph 1- Description of the problem: According to a data from
National Climate Change Secretariat (NCCS), there are about 19% of CO2
emissions were contributed from transport in year 2005.
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Paragraph 1- Description of one existing solution:
In order to reduce the emission of CO2, LTA was
improving the energy efficiency of transport sector through varies solutions.
First of all, LTA managing the vehicle usage and traffic congestion by
implemented the Certificate of Entitlement (COE) and Electronic Road Pricing
(ERP) to discouraged people to purchase a car. Next, LTA also continue improve
and promote the public transport in order to make the public transport be the
first choice of mode of transport for every people. Besides that, Singapore
government also encourages people to buy green vehicles with the promotion of
Green Vehicle Rebate (GVR) since 2001.
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Paragraph 1- Evaluate the existing Solution:
Through these solutions, the Singapore government is
expected to reduce the CO2 to 14.5% in 2020. Although the Singapore
government managed to reduce the CO2 by providing an efficient
transport system, but there are still a number of people refused to use the
public transport due to overcrowded of the MRT during peak hours.
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Paragraph 1- improvement on existing solution:
In my opinion, LTA can try to shorter the current waiting
time of the train from about average 2miniutes to 30 seconds to increase the
frequency of the train during peak hours. On the other hands, LTA can also
collaborate with MOM and MOE to reduce the crowd of peak hours to attract more
people to take public transport. For example, MOE can release the students from
school at 5PM so that can reduce the overcrowded situation during peak hours.
Conclusion:
Problem: the
global warming issue is getting more serious and many governments from
different countries are started working hard to reduce carbon emission from
their own country and this included Singapore government.
Solution: Throughout the years, Singapore government had
work out many solutions to reduce the carbon emission from the transportation
and building sectors.
Call to action: Thus, this is the time for every people to
working with the government to protect our environment by response the call
from Singapore government.
Reference:
National Geographic Society (1996-2014).
Causes of Global Warming. Retrieved March 1, 2014, http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/gw-causes?rptregcta=reg_free_np&rptregcampaign=20131016_rw_membership_n1p_intl_se_w#
National Geographic Society (1996-2014).
Global Warming Solutions, Retrieved March 1, 2014, http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/gw-solutions
National Climate Change Secretariat (2012),
Projecting Singapore’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Retrieved March 1, 2014, http://app.nccs.gov.sg/nccs-2012/projecting-singapores-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html
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