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  • This house believes that Brazil should fully privatize Petrobras / ECCQ Brasil debería privatizar por completo Petrobras

    Pan American Debating Championships 2019 · 1 · 2019-04-01

  • This house, as a hopeful for the Democratic presidential nomination, would not endorse Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal

    Infoslide

    The Green New Deal is a set of proposed economic stimulus programs in the United States that aim to address climate change and economic inequality. As proposed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the approach pushes for transitioning the United States to use 100% renewable, zero-emission energy sources, including investment into electric cars and high-speed rail systems. The resolution also includes calls for universal health care, fair minimum wages, and preventing monopolies. The plan is to implement the proposal within ten years. Motion: TH,

    Empire Debates 2019 · 1 · 2019-03-02

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

    Infoslide

    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. Motion: Giv

    York IV 2019 · 1 · 2019-01-18

  • This house as China would continue importing oil from Iran.

    Infoslide

    The US has withdrawn from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action(JCPOA aka Nuclear Deal) and scheduled sanctions to be imposed on importers of Iranian oil. Many countries including South Korea France and Spain have reduced their imports of Iranian oil. The EU recognizing Iran’s compliance with JCPOA terms have agreed to a US$20 million aid package for Iran.

    NTU Pro-Ams 2018 · 3 · 2018-09-29

  • This house supports Ethipoia’s construction of the Grand Ethipian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

    Infoslide

    The Gran Ethiopian Renaissance Dam(GERD) is the centrepeice of Ethipoia’s bid to become Africa’s biggest exporter of electricity. Locatec in the headwaters of the Blue Nile and expected to produce 6000 magawatts of electricity the dam will be Africa’s largest hydroelectric power plant (7th largest in the world) and will boost the economic growth of Ethiopia. As a downstream desert nation Egypt says the dam wikk disrupt the flow of the Nile to its almost 100 million people potentially crippling its agricultural sector and industries. Experts say the Nile’s freshwater flow to Egypt may be cut by 25% upon filling of the reservoir. Egypt has been opposed to the idea of the dam and has threatened to spark a war over water supply. The construction of the dam is nearing completion with Ethiopia expecting to start filling the dam as early as July 2018.

    9th United Asian Debating Championship 2018 · 8 · 2018-05-28

  • That we support a stratospheric aerosol injection programme.

    Infoslide

    Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI) is a hypothetical form of climate engineering involving the release of gases into the atmosphere in an effort to reduce temperatures and mitigate the effects of global warming. The release of these aerosols would delay rises in temperature by a number of decades at a relatively low cost providing a 'grace period' for a worldwide transition to clean energy. However possible side effects include the depletion of the ozone layer increased occurrences of extreme weather events and increases in global average temperatures in the long term. Moreover SAI has the potential to radically interfere with the ordinary functioning of ecosystems.

    Sydney Grandslam 2018 · 4 · 2018-01-07

  • This house believes that nuclear energy policies should not be decided through referenda

    33rd JPDU Spring Tournament 2016 · Open Final · 2016-04-26

  • This house believes that nuclear energy policies should not be decided through referenda

    JPDU Spring Tournament 2016 · Open Final · 2016-04-23

  • This house believes that Norway should back off from oil drilling in the Arctic

    Infoslide

    It is estimated that there are 90 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverably oil north of the Arctic Circle. this represents 13% of the undiscovered oil in the world and about three years’ worth of current global oil usage. Oil drilling in the Arctic is expensive, dangerous and technically challenging. A significant proportion of the oil lies offshore, in the Arctic’s shallow and biologically productive shelf seas. Main parties involved: Canada, Russia, US (Alaska), Denmark (Greenland), Norway, and indigenous peoples.

    Cardiff Open 2016 · 4 · 2016-04-16

  • The South China Sea is the cause of several territorial and resource-based disputes between several surrounding nations. China has been a particularly aggressive claimant of rights to resources and territory within the area. The United States publicly disagrees with China’s claims and has deployed military vessels into the area to “by monitor the situation”. This house believes the United States should end all involvement in the dispute.

    NZ Easters 2016 · 6 · 2016-03-26

  • The South China Sea is the cause of several territorial and resource-based disputes between several surrounding nations. China has been a particularly aggressive claimant of rights to resources and territory within the area. The United States publicly disagrees with China’s claims and has deployed military vessels into the area to “by monitor the situation”. This house believes the United States should end all involvement in the dispute.

    NZ Easters 2016 · 6 · 2016-03-26