Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century and its projected continuation. Increasing global temperature will probably cause sea level to rise which change the amount and pattern of precipitation, likely including an expanse of the subtropical desert regions. The effect of global warming will lead to species extinctions if we do not do anything about it.
There is a movie named "An Inconvenient Truth" which talks about Mr. Gore's personal history and lifelong commitment to reversing the effects of global climate change. He presents a wide array of facts and information in a thoughtful way to urge everyone to act boldly and quickly to fight global climate crisis. Although Mr. Gore did not tell people what and how to do in order to react to global climate change, all the facts that he provided are more than enough for audience to draw their own conclusions.
As a matter of fact, with effect from 1 January 2009, more areas in Singapore are prohibited from smoking due to the “Smoking Ban Extension” campaign introduced by National Environment Agency. Those areas include any amusement centres, any foodshop, any air-conditioned hall or function room, any lift and any cinema. There are still other places where smoking is disallowed. This is a good way of preventing global warming. By doing that, Singapore has shown to other counties its firm determination to fight climate change and protect our earth. According to a statistic from United Nations in 2008, Singapore's climate-change index has improved from 49th to 38th out of 57 economies in a climate change performance index. The improvement is probably due to the new climate change strategy unveiled last February which includes a $170 million injection to facilitate research clean energy sources such as solar power and campaigns in the media to promote energy efficiency and reduce power usage.
However, Singapore alone cannot save earth from global warming; every country in the world should play a part in fighting climate change.
Recent study shows that China has facing global warming disasters more and more often. Its largest freshwater lake, Poyang Lake has shrunk to 50 square kilometers from its peak. The fluctuation in the lake's area from the summer flood season to the winter dry period has long been commonplace. The official was told that the winter drought is likely to continue for the next 10 years. So the Chinese government should start thinking how to resolve the problem so that the China will not have exploited all its available water supplies to the limit.
Fighting global warming is not one man's job, every one of us have to play our part to save ourselves as well as our next generation.
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I agree that every country should play a part in fighting climate change. I think that countries should come together and discuss this burning issue.
ReplyDeleteI like that you have done some research into how Singapore's efforts to combat global warming compare to other countries. You should know though that limiting cigarette smoking won't do much if anything to limit carbon emissions. Cigarette smoke stays near the ground and doesn't go into the atmosphere to trap the sun's heat like CO2.
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