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  • This house predicts that the Paris Agreement's 2°C goal will be met as of 2050

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    The 2°C goal in climate science, stemming from the Paris Agreement, aims to combat carbon emissions and limit global average temperature increase to ""well below"" 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels (1850-1900), with efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. The Paris Agreement has been ratified or acceded to by the EU, China, and 193 other states. The United States was an original signatory, withdrew, re- entered, and withdrew again on January 20, 2025

    Ateneo Debate Open Pre-UADC 2025 · Schools Semifinals · 2025-04-12

  • This house believes that ASEAN nations should seek to appease the Trump Administration on trade-policies (e.g. By importing more from the USA, investing in the the USA or by cracking down on trans-shipment of Chinese goods)

    Debatable Open 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-04-12

  • This house predicts that the Paris Agreement's 2°C goal will be met as of 2050

    Infoslide

    The 2°C goal in climate science, stemming from the Paris Agreement, aims to combat carbon emissions and limit global average temperature increase to ""well below"" 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels (1850-1900), with efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. The Paris Agreement has been ratified or acceded to by the EU, China, and 193 other states. The United States was an original signatory, withdrew, re- entered, and withdrew again on January 20, 2025.

    Ateneo Debate Open Pre-UADC 2025 · Open Quarterfinals · 2025-04-12

  • This house believes that the Thai Government should aggressively pursue the arrest of scam syndicate leaders operating along the Thai-Myanmar border

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    Along the Thai-Myanmar border, scam farms have emerged as hubs for cybercrime syndicates, many of which operate out of militia-controlled areas in Myanmar, such as Myawaddy. These operations are often run by transnational criminal networks and rely heavily on trafficked workers, many of whom are lured from across Asia with false job offers.

    Ateneo Debate Open Pre-UADC 2025 · Open Grand Final · 2025-04-12

  • This house would reveal the truth about the genocide to the world

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    You are a child prodigy that was selected to participate in a war simulation where you are tasked to take command of a fleet with other selected children and conquer a planet with other beings on it. Upon completion, you discovered that it was not a simulation and that you and the rest of the participants have actually committed genocide.

    Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-04-12

  • When responding to civilian casualties, this house believes that military action taken does not have to meet the principle of proportionality.

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    The principle of proportionality asserts that an act of war is just if and only if the harm caused by it is proportionate to the harm intended to be inflicted by the opposing warring party.

    Colgate Open 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-04-12

  • Behind the veil of ignorance, this house, as a superhero, would prefer to exist in the Incredibles model of superhero regulation to the Sokovia accords.

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    In _The Incredibles_ , governments compelled superheroes to hide their powers and return to 'normal' lives. In rare cases, some superheroes elected to do vigilante work. In _The Avengers_ , superheroes were under the control of the Sokovia Accords, which allowed superheroes to continue to exist, but under the directive of the United Nations.

    Colgate Open 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-04-12

  • This House Opposes the rising use of economic warfare as a geopolitical tool.

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    Economic warfare is the use of financial, trade, and technological tools by states to weaken or coerce other countries for strategic advantage. It goes beyond sanctions, targeting critical systems to cause economic disruption.

    BITS Pilani Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Open Semifinals · 2025-04-11

  • This House Would establish a global science fund financed by an international tax.

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    The growing politicization cases like the Trump of science funding administration's as seen revocation in research grants to top universities . of Precedents UNITAID (airline tax for global health), the Green like Climate Fund (climate finance), and proposed Transaction Taxes show the potential for Financial internationally coordinated funding models .

    BITS Pilani Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Open Grand Final · 2025-04-11

  • This house would trade the blue sky for a green Earth

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    To “trade the blue sky for a green Earth” is to establish a neutral global eco-authoritarian regime with the goal of significantly reducing and reversing environmental damage. Such actions may include periodic lockdowns (similar to COVID-19), stratospheric atmosphere injections to block out a portion of the sun’s light (thereby dimming the sky), and other geoengineering or bioengineering methods to maintain ecological balance. These measures can be implemented without the consent of individuals or nations, are neutral across all countries, cultures and ethnicities, and may compromise all rights except the right to life

    BITS Pilani Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-04-11

  • This House Prefers a World where ECOWAS follows the doctrine of effective control.

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    For the purposes of this debate, when there is a dispute over the leadership of a state, there are two approaches that other states can take to decide who they may militarily intervene at the request and in favour of. (1) Under the doctrine of **effective control** , the relevant leadership of a state (who other states may militarily intervene at the request and in favour of) is who _de facto_ controls the territory of the state, even if they were not democratically elected (e.g. a military coup). Most countries and international organisations follow the doctrine of effective control. (2) In contrast, under the doctrine of **democratic legitimacy** , the relevant leadership of a state is who was democratically elected by the people of that state, even if they are in exile and/or control no territory. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) follows the doctrine of democratic legitimacy. Accordingly, ECOWAS has militarily intervened against military coups in favour of democratically elected governments in member states on many occasions (e.g. Liberia in 1990, Sierra Leone in 1997, and The Gambia in 2016).

    Glasgow Ancients 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-04-11