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  • This house, as the progressive glacier movement, would campaign for glaciers to voluntarily acquiesce to global warming.

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    "For the purposes of this debate, glaciers (e.g. ice sheets, icebergs, ice shelves) have suddenly developed sentience, communication and the capacity to consciously control the pace of their melting or stop it entirely. Glaciers cannot stop the process of global warming or its other adverse consequences (e.g. sea levels may rise at a different pace, but this does not affect carbon emissions or the prevalence of bushfires). Nobody else apart from the glacier species is aware that glaciers have developed intelligent thought.”

    Zadek Debate Open 2022; Go Green! 🕺🏽🎉🥂. · Semi Finals · 2023-09-22

  • This house believes that environmental movements should support climate engineering that fundamentally alters the environment, in an attempt to combat Global Warming

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    Climate engineering is a deliberate and large-scale intervention in earth’s climatic system in an effort to combat Global Warming. Climate engineering may take many forms; Examples include, but are not limited to, planting large forests where none previously existed, fertilizing the ocean with iron to dramatically increase the population of algae, and increasing cloud coverage so less sunlight reaches earth’s suface.

    Zadek Debate Open 2022; Go Green! 🕺🏽🎉🥂. · Round 4 · 2023-09-22

  • This house opposes a narrative that climate change has gone past a 'point of no return'

    14th CNLU Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Novice Semifinals · 2023-09-22

  • This house opposes the implementation of ecological migration.

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    Ecological Migration refers to the strategy of governments to relocate citizens in cities that are distressed by climate change and other environmental factors, into newer and less populated locations. Recently, China has relocated 329,000 "ecological immigrants" from the Ningxia Hui Region into 161 newly built small villages.

    Oragon Debate Cup 2023 · Quarterfinals · 2023-09-15

  • That, where species are endangered, that we prefer a system of rotational zoning to a system of permanent no-take zones

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    Under a rotational zoning system, designated fishing areas would be open for a certain period of time, after which they would be closed to fishing and another area would be opened up. This rotation could occur on a seasonal or longer-term basis, depending on the specific policy in place. A no-take zone prohibits all fishing activity in a specific area.

    UTS Open 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-09-10

  • That we should ban ultra-fast fashion

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    Ultra-fast fashion companies sell clothing at very cheap prices and produce up to thousands of new designs per day. Examples include Shein, Fashion Nova, Cider, Prettylittlething and Asos.

    UTS Open 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-09-10

  • This house believes that the environmental movement should abandon the narrative of personal responsibility (e.g encouraging recycling, buying green products) in favour of one which emphasises institutional accountability (e.g. calling for taxation and regulation)

    Shri Ram Pre-Asian British Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-09-08

  • In countries most affected by climate change, This house would make the provision of farming subsidies contingent on the adoption of Green farming practices.

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    B: Green Farming refers to the process of growing food using farming techniques that protect the planet and the people who live on it. Sustainable agriculture produces healthy food without depleting natural resources, including land, air and water.

    National Asians High School Debate Championship 2023 · Novice Finals · 2023-08-31

  • This house believes that the environment movement should adopt modern anthropocentrism over ecocentrism

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    Modern Anthropocentrism states that humans should save the Earth to sustain future generations. Ecocentrism, on the other hand, states that the Earth has intrinsic value, and should be saved regardless of its perceived usefulness.

    BAC Debate Open 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-08-17

  • This house would loosen anti-trust regulation for mergers concerning companies that heavily invest in sustainability

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    Anti-trust regulation, also known as competition law, is designed to prevent monopolistic practices, promote fair competition, and prevent unfair business practices that could harm market competition and consumer choice. Mergers refer to the process of combining two or more separate companies into a single entity.

    Ho Chi Minh Debate Open 2023 · Open Quarterfinals · 2023-08-12

  • A. This house believes that popular media should emphasize the progress made in combatting climate change over publishing negative and disastrous impacts of climate change.

    Ho Chi Minh Debate Open 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-08-12

  • Assuming the technology exists, this house supports genetic engineering to make humans more resistant to the effects of climate change (e.g. birthing smaller and less resource-intensive children, making children more tolerant to extreme temperatures).

    Auckland Schools' Debating Impromptu Cup 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-08-05

  • This house, as the environmental movement would shift focus to investor activism over political activism to increase regulations.

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    Recently environmentalists have started VC funds which primarily buy shares in big oil corporations. For example, in Exxon, environmentalists, bought enough shares to be part of board of directors and tried to make Exxon more sustainable by 2030 with progressive carbon neutral goals. Another group of such investors, also filed a lawsuit against Shell in Netherlands for violating environmental regulations, as its shareholders.

    Rahat Fundraiser Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Novice Semifinals · 2023-08-04

  • This house would lift patents on technologies designed to deal with climate change (green technology in manufacturing processes, carbon capture, critical warning and risk analysis technologies, etc)

    Rahat Fundraiser Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Novice Semifinals · 2023-08-04

  • This house believes that environmental movements should welcome and prioritise claims (such as the one from the evangelical environment Network) suggesting that it is a religious or moral duty to act against Climate change.

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    The evangelical environmental network emphasizes the idea that God created Earth and humans, therefore, God’s children have a responsibility to care for his creations. This group looks at the environmental crisis as a moral issue. It refers to the biblical story of Genesis, in which God created the world, forming the oceans and forests, plants and animals, before crafting the first humans.

    Rahat Fundraiser Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Novice Semifinals · 2023-08-04