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  • This house believes that governments should aggressively prioritise encouraging commuters to use public transport (e.g. through infrastructural improvements, tax incentives) over subsidising the uptake of electric cars.

    DTU Summers Pre-UADC 2023 · Novice Semi Finals · 2023-06-01

  • In areas with rapidly rising property prices, THW suspend all restrictions on property development that are not health and safety requirements (e.g., environmental zoning regulations, building height restrictions, and regulations on the appearance of buildings)

    Hart House Women and Gender Minorities Debating Tournament 2023 · No Round · 2023-05-27

  • This house prefers the Kyoto protocol mechanism

    Infoslide

    The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change produced two major CO2 emission reduction mechanisms: the Kyoto Protocol of 1997 created a top-down system that assigned binding emission targets to industrialised nations only. The Paris Agreement of 2015, on the other hand, created a bottom-up approach where all countries, including less developed nations, set their own goals.

    Royalties Debate Open Championships 2023 - Southern Region · Quarterfinals · 2023-05-26

  • This House supports universal jurisdiction for crimes against the environment

    Infoslide

    Universal jurisdiction refers to a global system of international law binding to all states. This allows states and international organizations to claim criminal jurisdiction over the accused parties regardless of their nationality.

    Taipei European Junior Tournament 2023 · Quarterfinals · 2023-05-19

  • "This house believes that the industrial revolution has done more harm than good

    Infoslide

    The Industrial Revolution was a period of scientific and technological development in the 18th century that transformed largely rural, agrarian societies into industrialized, urban ones. Goods that had once been painstakingly crafted by hand started to be produced in mass quantities by machines in factories, thanks to the introduction of new machines and techniques in textiles, iron making and other industries."

    Linkedkey-North York Academy Debate Tournament · Round 5 · 2023-05-19

  • Assuming a tradeoff, This house, as the United Earth Government, would pursue the Digital Life Project over the Moving Mountain Project.

    Infoslide

    In the far future, the Sun has become an expanding red giant and is threatening to engulf the Earth in 100 years. Realizing the impending danger, the world's countries have come together to form a United Earth Government, pooling their resources to save humanity. One proposed plan, known as the Moving Mountain Project, involves constructing thousands of gigantic ion engines to propel the Earth out of the Solar System towards another habitable star system. A second proposed plan, the Digital Life Project, involves developing mind uploading technologies to achieve a future of "digital immortality". All human consiousnesses will be uploaded onto a supercomputer that will be launched into the cosmos, and all future humans will live in a virtual, simulated consciousness.

    Linkedkey-North York Academy Debate Tournament · Open Finals · 2023-05-19

  • This house would impose a sin tax on the consumption of meat

    Infoslide

    A sin tax is an tax on specific goods and services due to their ability, or perception, to be harmful or costly to society. The tax comes at the time of purchase. Some items that often have a sin tax include tobacco products, alcohol, and gambling.

    UT MARA Novice 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-05-12

  • This house believes that the EU's deforestation regulation is in the interest of Malaysia

    Infoslide

    The European Union (EU) has recently imposed regulations on soy, coffee, palm oil, and other commodities that are linked to deforestation around the world from being sold in the EU market. Companies are now required to prove that their products do not contribute to deforestation in order to avoid hefty fines. Malaysia has strongly opposed the regulation, calling it discriminatory against developing countries as it hurts the local palm oil industry.

    Sunway Asian Parliamentary 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-05-01

  • This house believes that Parks Canada should pursue pro-development policies/norms instead of preservationist policies/norms in the National Parks

    Infoslide

    INFOSLIDE 1: As an example, authorities in the French & Swiss Alps largely follow pro-development policies/norms which encourage comparatively widespread human enjoyment of parks. Infrastructure is made to increase, rather than restrict the number of visitors to the backcountry (e.g. numerous backcountry huts that allow access to all sorts of mountainous terrain are common, development of tourist attractions like Gondolas and ski resorts is substantially increased, investment is made into increasing public transport/access, and building limitations in towns are not as stringent as in Canada). Trails are highly developed and numerous, and access to the backcountry is made easy. INFOSLIDE 2: In Canada, preservationist policies/norms limit development. Projects to build resorts/lifts must undergo highly restrictive review processes, development in towns is more strictly limited (e.g. commercial/residential buildings in Banff have highly restrictive use-density regulations), and huts and trails making access to the backcountry viable are comparatively limited by policy and norms alike.

    Canadian Senior National Debate Championships 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-04-29

  • This house believes that humanity should invest considerable amount of resources into the exploration of deep space

    Korea Juniors 2023 · U11 Finals · 2023-04-22

  • This house believes that developing countries should heavily discourage urbanization

    Infoslide

    Urbanization is the process where more and more people move from rural areas (like the countryside or small villages) to urban areas (like cities and towns). As cities grow, they attract even more people, creating a cycle of expansion

    Korea Juniors 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-04-22

  • This house believes that humanity should invest considerable amount of resources into the exploration of deep space

    Infoslide

    The exploration of deep space could involve colonising new planets, mining in space, exploring deep space, finding alien races.

    Korea Juniors 2023 · U10 Finals · 2023-04-22

  • This house believes that humanity should invest considerable amount of resources into the exploration of deep space

    Korea Juniors 2023 · Round 5 · 2023-04-22

  • This house believes that humanity should invest considerable amount of resources into the exploration of deep space

    Korea Juniors 2023 · U12 Finals · 2023-04-22

  • This house believes that humanity should invest considerable amount of resources into the exploration of deep space

    Korea Juniors 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-04-22