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  • 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

  • This house, as a Jewish advocating for environmental protection, W dismiss the legitimacy of The Genesis.

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    Genesis is the beginning book of the Old Testament and is a scripture describing how this world was created. Later in centuries, 1:26-28 started to be criticised for its implication of human dominion over the nature. it says; 26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” (NIV version)

    Evergreen Cup 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-09-14

  • This house supports the creation of an executive department for water resource management in the Philippines

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    Currently, water resource management in the Philippines is handled by various agencies, including the National Water Resources Board (NWRB), the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), and other regional and local water service providers, all of which operate as an attached agency to different executive departments such as the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). However, there have been proposals and discussions in recent years about creating an executive department to centralize and streamline the management of the country's water resources.

    Philippine Intercollegiate Debating Championship 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-09-07

  • This house believes that the Philippine government should exempt protected ancestral lands from the NIPAS Law

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    (Motion 2) In the Philippines, the National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992 (NIPAS Law) is a law that establishes a system for managing and protecting the country’s critical natural areas to ensure their preservation for future generations. Some protected areas in the Philippines overlap with ancestral lands (e.g., Batanes Protected Landscape and Seascape, Mt. Apo Natural Park, Coron Island, etc.), thus restricting the rights of indigenous people to use and manage their ancestral lands by restricting traditional indigenous practices that could harm ecosystems, prohibiting extractive and commercial activities to maintain environmental integrity, and placing these lands under government control through management bodies like the Protected Area Management Board. The said restriction is perceived to contradict the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act of 1997 (IPRA Law).

    Philippine Intercollegiate Debating Championship 2024 · Sinag Cup Finals · 2024-09-07

  • This house regrets the establishment of the COP

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    The Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, also known as COP, is an international convention held to assess progress in dealing with climate change and discuss and make plans for climate action within the guidelines of the UNFCCC. The COP has made several landmark decisions in the past, including the Kyoto Protocol in COP3, the Cancún Agreements in COP16, the Paris Climate Agreement in COP21, the Global Agreement on Fossil Fuel Phaseout in COP28, etc.

    Philippine Intercollegiate Debating Championship 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-09-07

  • This House would abolish the Common Agricultural Policy

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    The Common Agricultural Policy is a framework established by the European Union to support its agricultural sector. It involves significant subsidies to European farmers, import tariffs and quotas on non-EU producers, rural development and technological R&D programs, and minimum environmental standards.

    Australian British Parliamentary Debating Championships 2024 · Round 6 · 2024-09-07

  • In disaster-prone developing countries, This house prefers a debureaucratized implementation of infrastructure projects specifically designed to mitigate impacts brought about by natural disasters (e.g., typhoons, earthquakes, etc.)

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    For the purposes of this debate, "debureaucratization" refers to the process of having a less bureaucratic approach to certain strategies or policies implemented by a government. This could look like minimizing the number of offices evaluating a certain document or program, or expediting the evaluation process of each office involved.

    Philippine Intercollegiate Debating Championship 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-09-07

  • This house believes that the further alignment of the Common Agricultural Policy with the European Green Deal will do more harm than good

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    The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is an EU policy aimed at supporting farmers and promoting sustainable rural development across the region. Initially, its primary focus was on increasing agricultural productivity and stabilizing markets, primarily through direct financial aid to farmers. However, ever since the European Green Deal—EU's ambitious strategy to achieve climate neutrality by 2050—was established in 2019, the CAP gradually attempts to align itself with the deal, aiming to make agriculture more resilient to climate change by encouraging practices that contribute to climate goals.

    Philippine Intercollegiate Debating Championship 2024 · Octofinals · 2024-09-07

  • This house believes that social movements should prioritize emphasizing the concept of voluntary simplicity, instead of consumerist culture.

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    ‘Voluntary simplicity’ refers to the promotion of a simple lifestyle that rejects materialism and consumerism. Examples of voluntary simplicity includes substantial reduction in one's possessions and spending.

    Chung Ling Private Debate Championship 2024 · Quarterfinals · 2024-09-07

  • This house regrets the overrule of the Chevron Doctrine

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    The Chevron doctrine, established by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1984 case Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., mandates that federal courts defer to administrative federal agencies' interpretations of ambiguous statutes. The doctrine is based on a two-step process: first, if the statute is clear, its explicit intent must be followed; second, if the statute is ambiguous, the court should defer to the agency's interpretation as long as it is reasonable. This principle recognizes the agencies' expertise and their role in executing laws passed by Congress. In July 2024, the US Supreme Court on a 6-3 split overruled the Chevron Doctrine.

    National Asians High School Debate Championship 2024 · Novice Semifinals · 2024-08-27

  • This house believes that developed countries should pursue a policy of degrowth.

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    Degrowth involves a planned decrease in the size of economic production and consumption occurring within a given economy (often measured via GDP). It could involve the prioritisation of less emissions intense industries, heavy taxes or limits on emissions, shorter work weeks, and voluntary reductions in consumer spending.

    Fudan Debate Open 2024 · 赛5 · 2024-08-24

  • This house, as European fur suppliers, would pivot to faux fur instead of investing in more sustainable fur sourcing.

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    Kopenhagen Fur is a large Danish fur company founded in 1930, which has historically only focused on real furs. It has recently lost clients like Gucci which have committed to stop using real fur.

    Queen's Summer Open 2024 · Junior Finals · 2024-08-24

  • This house supports imposing ERP in congested emerging economic hubs (Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh, Bangalore etc.)

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    Electronic road pricing (ERP) is a system in Singapore where drivers automatically pay a fee when they pass through ERP gantries, or gates positioned mostly at entrances to downtown Singapore. Residents leaving downtown in a personal vehicle also pay this fee. There is no fee when taking public transit, and there are off-hours when the ERP fee isn’t active (at night and during weekends/holidays).

    Queen's Summer Open 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-08-24