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  • A. This house, as the environmental movement, would refuse funding from companies engaged in greenwashing.

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    A. Greenwashing is when a company or organization promotes itself as more environmentally friendly than it is, often through marketing or branding, in order to attract consumers who prioritize sustainability.

    Cambodia Debate League Open S3 2024 · Novice Semi-Finals · 2024-12-21

  • This house opposes regulations prohibiting the sale of counterfeit fish products

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    Counterfeit fish involves mislabeling cheaper species as pricier ones, affecting health, sustainability, and fairness. Pangasius, predominantly farmed in Vietnam, is the most widely used counterfeit fish globally, substituting cod, halibut, and sole. The counterfeit seafood market is estimated to be worth billions annually.

    Queens's Holiday Open 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-12-14

  • This house opposes regulations prohibiting the sale of counterfeit fish products

    Infoslide

    Counterfeit fish involves mislabeling cheaper species as pricier ones, affecting health, sustainability, and fairness. Pangasius, predominantly farmed in Vietnam, is the most widely used counterfeit fish globally, substituting cod, halibut, and sole. The counterfeit seafood market is estimated to be worth billions annually.

    Queens's Holiday Open 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-12-14

  • In disaster prone states, This house believes that governments issuing catastrophe (CAT) bonds does more harm than good

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    Catastrophe (CAT) Bonds are often issued by states with the aim of raising funds for disaster relief during times of natural calamities (Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Cyclones, etc). Typically, Investors purchase these bonds, providing the government with an upfront lump sum of money. While the bond is active and before any calamity (referred to as a triggering event) occurs, investors receive regular interest payments (which are typically higher than those from traditional bonds) for the duration of the bond. If a triggering event occurs, the bond is "triggered," and the principal set aside is redirected to the government for funding diaster relief.In this scenario, investors lose all or a portion of their principal, depending on the bond’s specific structure and the severity of the event. If no triggering event happens, these interest payments continue through the life of the bond, and investors get back their initial principal in addition to the interest earned over the bond’s term.

    Eristic British Parliamentary Debate 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-12-02

  • This house believes that the Philippines should aggressively invest in nuclear energy

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    Nuclear energy is a form of power that comes from the energy stored in the nuclei of atoms. It’s used primarily to generate electricity in nuclear power plants. While it produces low carbon emissions, its production creates a byproduct of nuclear waste which is non-biodegradable.

    2nd Visayas Novice Debate Cup · Round 1 · 2024-12-01

  • This house would publish the technology, rather than destroy it

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    You are a biologist at a university who spent their entire life researching gene editing, but has been skeptical about how often and where it should be used. You suddenly discover a technology which allows the editing of genes to an unprecedented degree. It would allow to modify any existing creature in any way we can imagine and to revive any previously extinct animal. Your wife, whom you have 2 children with, strongly opposes any form of gene modification, but has stayed with you because of your critical stance of when it should be used. You are certain that this technology will not be recreated by someone else.

    Amsterdam Open 2024 · Novice Brake · 2024-11-30

  • This house believes that it is in the interest of the degrowth movement to heavily prioritise calling-in (i.e. outline personal benefits to reducing consumption), rather than heavily prioritise calling-out (i.e. publicly shaming overconsumption, advocate for boycotts of figures who encourage consumerism, etc.)

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    The degrowth movement is a social, economic, and environmental movement that advocates for intentionally scaling down production and consumption to create a more sustainable and equitable society. It challenges the conventional focus on economic growth as a measure of progress, arguing that relentless pursuit of growth leads to environmental degradation, social inequalities, and diminishing well-being.

    Ljubljana IV 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-11-30

  • This house believes that the environmental movement should advocate for geo-engineering as a mechanism for addressing climate change as opposed to attempts to lower global CO2 emissions (e.g reduction of fosssil fuel usage)

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    Geo-engineering involves intentional, large-scale interventions in Earth's natural systems to counteract or reduce the impact of climate change and environmental issues. This manipulation on a global scale aims to achieve specific outcomes, such as redirecting solar radiation to diminish global warming or directly extracting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to lower greenhouse gas levels.

    UCL Winter Schools Cup 2023 · Round 3 · 2024-11-25

  • This house believes that Developed Countries should heavily subsidize lab-grown meat.

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    "Traditional food production involves raising animals in farms where they are grouped into cattles, chicken, fish, pigs, etc. These large agricultural sectors are monitored closely by farmers and relevant professionals. A rising alternative of meat source, lab-grown meat is produced by culturing animal cells in a controlled environment without the need to raise and slaughter animals."

    Vietnam Middle School Debating Championship 2024 · Octofinals · 2024-11-23

  • This house believes that the environmental movement should oppose religious environmentalism.

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    Religious environmentalism refers to environmental movements and initiatives aimed at conservation, primarily propagated by religious institutions. Examples are the Green Islam movement in Indonesia and the publication of Laudato si by the Vatican.

    Singkaban Open 2024 · Novice Finals · 2024-11-23

  • This house believes that climate activists in small island states threatened by rising sea levels (ex. Tuvalu, the Marshall Islands, Kiribati) should prioritize evacuation measures (ex. advocating for citizens to be granted refugee status in other countries, finding alternative habitats for indigenous species, retaining fishing rights for citizens within national waters) as opposed to adaptation efforts (ex. building sea walls, raising ground levels, advocating in favour of global environmental policy)

    Canadian Universities Debating Championship 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-11-22