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Enlist various approaches/strategies to deal with global warming.

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These include:
(i) Reducing the greenhouse gas emissions by limiting the use of fossil fuels, and by developing alternative renewable source of energy (wind energy, solar energy).
(ii) Increasing the vegetation cover, particularly the forests, for photosynthetic utilization of `CO_2`
(iii) Minimizing the use of nitrogen fertilizers in agriculture for reducing `N_2O` emissions.
(iv) Developing substitutes for chlorofluorocarbons.
(v) Improving the efficiency of energy usage.
(vi) Slowing down the growth of human population.
(vii) International initiatives are to be taken to reduce the emission of green house gases into the atmosphere.
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