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  • This house predicts the rise of ecofascism in the West as a major force within the 21st century

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    Ecofascism is an ideology which blames the demise of the environment on overpopulation, immigration, and over-industrialization

    BP Pro-Am 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-11-03

  • This house supports the narrative of minimal consumerism as a means to reduce carbon footprint

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    For the purposes of this debate minimal consumerism refers to the practice of at least minimizing overall consumer tendencies (i.e. buying goods) and at best an attempt at abstaining from consumerism altogether.

    North Luzon Invitational Debates 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-11-02

  • This House Believes that pro-environmental organisations that use 'non-violent civil resistance' tactics (e.g. blocking public roads, spray painting private property, disrupting prominent cultural sites etc.) do more harm than good to the environmental movement

    England BP 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-10-26

  • That we would implement a personal emissions trading scheme

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    Under a personal emissions trading scheme each individual would have an annual emissions allowance. The allowance would be used up when you did things that measurably increased greenhouse gas emissions (e.g. filling up a petrol car, online shopping). The allowances would be tradable (i.e. you could sell or transfer some of your allowance to someone else).

    Junior IDC 2024 · Quarterfinals · 2024-10-25

  • This House supports India's emissions-trading scheme

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    Emissions-trading schemes refer to government programmes which create industry-specific permits for each unit of emission and set a maximum level of emission for a specified time periods. Companies can obtain permits from the government or trade allowances with other companies under conditions agreed upon by both parties. These schemes are often referred to as cap and trade programs. In 2023, India announced its intent to roll out a Carbon Credit Trading Scheme by 2026, and has started introducing schemes in the primary sector of the economy, agriculture. The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has recently developed a framework to promote Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCM) in the agriculture sector.

    KNUST Debate Open 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-10-19

  • This house believes that the EU should stop the implementation of CBAM

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    A Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is a policy designed to address carbon leakage and ensure fair competition in international trade by adjusting the carbon cost of imports. It works by imposing a carbon tariff on imported goods based on their carbon emissions during production. This means that if a country has strict carbon emission regulations, it can apply an equivalent carbon cost to products imported from countries with less stringent regulations. The goal is to encourage global adoption of carbon reduction practices and protect domestic industries from unfair competition due to differing environmental standards. The EU is implementing CBAM, applying in its definitive regime from 2026, while the current transitional phase lasts between 2023 and 2025. Yet, BRICs countries and other developing countries have shown resistance to CBAM.

    JPDU Autumn Tournament 2024 · Open Pre-Semi Finals · 2024-10-19

  • This House would rather choose to be born on North Sentinel Island than to be born randomly anywhere else in the world.

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    On North Sentinel in the Bay of Bengal lives an isolated tribe, the Sentinelese, which is securely isolated from foreigners. If you were born on North Sentinel, basic needs for food and shelter are guaranteed, deadly diseases are rare, and no disaster related to climate changes will occur during your lifetime.

    University of British Columbia InterVarsity 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-10-14

  • This house believes that developed countries should pursue degrowth.

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    The Degrowth Movement is a social movement that criticises the political and social need for economies to consistently grow. Degrowth advocates suggest deliberately capping economic growth, or even shrinking the economy primarily in the service of, but not only for, environmental reasons.

    Strait Debate Open 2024 · 八强赛 · 2024-10-12

  • This house, as a prominent sustainability-focused hedge fund, W pursue an aggressive short-selling strategy against carbon-intensive stocks (for example, fossil fuels/energy companies etc.).

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    Debutant 9.0 Freshers APD 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-10-09

  • This house would grant legal personhood and representation for significant environmental reserves (e.g., Amazon Rain Forest, Nile River, Tubbataha Reef, etc.).

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    <span class="OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none" style="color: rgb(39, 39, 39); font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-kerning: none;">Legal personhood refers to the status granted to an entity that allows it to have legal rights and responsibilities. Legal representation means the act of advocating on their behalf to represent their interests, rights, or legal position.</span>

    Taiwan Schools Debate Challenge 2024 · Junior Finals · 2024-10-05

  • THS the introduction of green anti-trust policies

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    Green anti-trust refers to a set of policies that aim to increase the competitiveness of green companies against their carbon-intensive counterparts by setting harder antitrust requirements on carbon-intensive firms (e.g. harsher market share thresholds or vertical integration limits)

    Penn Pre-WUDC 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-09-24

  • Given a trade-off, This house would direct environmental policy towards mitigation of climate change, rather than prevention

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    Policies of preventing climate change include reducing CO2 emissions, changing energy policy and limiting waste. Policies mitigating climate change include building sea walls, disaster relief mechanisms and altering crops to grow within a different climate – these tend to be quicker and cheaper than prevention policies

    Istanbul Open 3.0 · Round 2 · 2024-09-20