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  • This house believes that international financial institutions should refuse to fund projects that substantially increases a country’s net greenhouse gas emissions.

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    International financial institutions, such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), are global organisations that give loans and grants to countries to fund large development projects, such as power plants, roads, industries, and public transport systems. A country’s net greenhouse gas emissions are the total greenhouse gasses (GHGs) it releases minus any GHGs it removes. For example, even if a country produces 1 tonne of GHGs (e.g. through factories or burning fossil fuels), its net greenhouse gas emission is zero if it also removes 1 tonne of CHGs from the atmosphere (e.g. through forest replantation or the use of GHG-capturing technology).

    Singapore International Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-11-16

  • This house believes that Australia should nationalise its struggling heavy industrial plants rather than subsidising private owners to run them

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    A number of heavy industrial plants in Australia (e.g. smelteries, steelmills) are unlikely to be commercially viable into the near future without government support due in part to energy costs and ageing infrastructure.

    ANU Spring 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-11-15

  • This house believes that green belts in and around cities should be eliminated when experiencing a housing supply shortage

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    A green belt is an area designated to preserve nature or open space. They may be large recreational parks, undeveloped wilderness, or agricultural land. Development on this land is severely restricted

    LUMS Asians x OPFDC 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-11-10

  • This house would remove patents for eco-friendly technologies.

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    Patents give inventors exclusive rights to produce or sell their inventions for a certain period of time, preventing others from copying or using the same technology without permission

    LUMS Asians x OPFDC 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-11-10

  • This house regrets the trend of the debating community reverting to offline events.

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    As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the debating community shifted its activities online, with the vast majority of trainings, coaching, and tournaments (including majors such as WUDC, ABP, or EUDC) being held on various online platforms such as Zoom or Discord. With the end of the pandemic, much of debating has begun to revert to offline events (e.g. the past three iterations of WUDC were held in-person), although online debating has not completely died out.

    LUMS Asians x OPFDC 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-11-10

  • This house prefers a widespread adoption of process-based as opposed to outcomes-based environmental regulation

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    Process-based environmental regulations refers to regulations that prescribe specific practices (i.e. use of renewable energy sources, specific farming techniques to reduce emission, etc.) in protecting the environment. In comparison, outcomes-based regulation (e.g. emission caps or waste reduction goals) without prescribing how they must be achieved

    LUMS Asians x OPFDC 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-11-10

  • This house predicts that human nature will save us from climate change

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    "Save" here refers to humanity avoiding the most terrible and irreversible impacts of climate change (including but not limited to: permanent desertification, extreme temperature change effects, mass extinction, etc)

    UBC Summer HST 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-11-04

  • This house believes that India should introduce a cap and trade system as opposed to any other emissions regulations

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    Under a cap and trade model, the government sets a "cap" on the total amount of carbon emissions allowed, then assigns carbon emission permits to companies. A base amount of these permits are assigned to companies, with the rest auctioned off by the government. Companies may "trade" them depending on how much they individually pollute.

    King's College London Intervarsity 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-11-01

  • This House Believes That the Martin family should go to London over Tanzania.

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    The Martin family lives in London Ontario. It is comprised of William Martin, 44, a civil engineer who enjoys craft beer, history, and golf, Jane Martin, 42, a pediatrician who enjoys hiking, photography, and enjoys planning detailed itineraries, Rose Martin, 13, who is artistic, shy, and loves K-pop, and Logan Martin, 9, who is energetic, an animal lover, and a huge fan of soccer. The Martin family is upper middle class and hasn’t gone on a family vacation since COVID. After thinking through their options, they have come down to London (UK) or Serengeti National Park Tanzania

    Unity Cup 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-10-25

  • This house believes that the US should curb the rapid growth of data centers

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    Data centers are crucial physical infrastructures which stores large amounts of digital information that fuel emerging technologies such as AI and the Internet of Things. Currently, there are over 5000 data centers across the United States which are primarily developed for Big Tech companies like Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon. While data centers have brought billions of dollars in investments and created thousands of jobs, they are extremely energy-intensive and use immense amounts of local resources especially water.

    3rd Visayas Novice Debate Cup · Round 3 · 2025-10-25

  • This house would create prehistoric world.

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    Thanks to advancements in genetic research, scientists have managed to "recreate" dire wolves, an Animal that went extinct during the ice age. Further research is ongoing to resurrect the woolly mammoth, Sabretooth tigers and even dinosaurs. Prehistoric world would be an amusement park/zoo where visitors could see and interact with these creatures.

    Institution of Business Administration Debating Championship 2025 · Octofinals · 2025-10-24

  • This house believes that Palawan should become the administrative capital of the Philippines

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    In the Philippines, "The Big One" refers to the speculated scenario that a catastrophic Magnitude 7.2 earthquake will be generated by a major movement of the West Valley Fault. This is anticipated to severely affect Metro Manila and surrounding provinces in Luzon including Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite, and Laguna. In contrast, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) classifies Palawan as a province with low seismic hazard because it is situated on a more stable continental block and lacks major active fault lines. This means that Palawan is less likely to experience high intensities of ground motion.

    Cebu Debate Open · Grand Final · 2025-10-17