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  • That we support endangered species auctions

    Infoslide

    An endangered species auction is when a conservation site auctions off the right to hunt one of its endangered animals. All proceeds of the hunting permit will go into conserving the animals.

    Grandslam 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-04-21

  • That the environmentalist movement should advocate for investors to divest from fossil fuel companies as opposed to engaging in shareholder activism

    Infoslide

    Divestment is when shareholders sell their shares in a company. Shareholder activism is when shareholder use their stake in a company to put pressure on its management to achieve particular outcomes.

    Grandslam 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-04-21

  • This house would lift patents on technologies designed to deal with environmental concerns.

    UDA-FAO/VG GREEN SCHOOL DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIPS · Semifinals · 2023-04-20

  • This house believes that renewable energy investment in the Philippines should focus on small-scale power generation (hydroelectric turbine stations in rivers, rooftop wind turbines, local biofuel processing) over large-scale power generation (large dams, solar farms, windfarms)

    Philippine Schools Debating Championship 2023 · No Round · 2023-04-20

  • This house as a survivor community would choose not to.

    Infoslide

    A survivor community is a group of individuals who have experienced a traumatic event and come together to support each other. They can be formed after natural disaster, economic crises etc. In this debate, for them to attain food or create employment for more people they choose to destroy forests.

    UDA-FAO/VG GREEN SCHOOL DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIPS · No Round · 2023-04-20

  • This house regrets anthropocentrism in the environmental rights movement.

    Infoslide

    Anthropocentrism is the belief that humans are the most significant or central entities in the world, and that they have intrinsic value while other beings and resources can be exploited for their benefit.

    UDA-FAO/VG GREEN SCHOOL DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIPS · No Round · 2023-04-20

  • This house supports environmentalist movements using doomsday narratives in combatting climate change

    Infoslide

    "A doomsday narrative is a strategy adopted by environmentalists to foretell the future state of our environment. It is usually accompanied with catastrophic descriptions of what the Earth will look like in the near future i.e. devastating fires, rampant flooding, destruction of homes due to rising sea levels, etc."

    Philippine Schools Debating Championship 2023 · Ana Alano Grand Finals · 2023-04-20

  • This house would lift patents on technologies designed to deal with environmental concerns.

    UDA-FAO/VG GREEN SCHOOL DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIPS · No Round · 2023-04-20

  • This house believes that Uganda should prioritize economic development over environmental sustainability policies.

    UDA-FAO/VG GREEN SCHOOL DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIPS · Grand Finals · 2023-04-20

  • The mankind should do everything within its power to radically change the course of the future and try to save life on planet Earth, instead of accepting the future on a spaceship.

    Infoslide

    It has been determined with absolute certainty that if our current lifestyle continues, Earth's living environment will gradually deteriorate and within 30 years the planet will be irreversibly uninhabitable and thoroughly polluted. In this future, all of humanity lives on a large spaceship, which can never return to Earth due to the conditions. The spaceship has everything necessary for life. The knowledge about other planets that could be habitable remains the same as today. Out of 8 billion people, only a small portion would fit on the spaceship.

    Keskkoolide Eesti meistrivõistluste 22/23 III etapp EST · Round 5 · 2023-04-15

  • That we should attempt to combat climate change through exclusive minilateralism rather than global agreements

    Infoslide

    Exclusive minilateralism is an approach to negotiations that aims to reach agreement between the most relevant parties without allowing less relevant parties to participate. In the case of climate change, the most relevant parties are the countries with the highest emission levels

    Monash Open 2023 · Open Semifinals · 2023-04-01

  • That, as a small member state of the EU, we support the adoption of the Green Deal Industrial Plan

    Infoslide

    The European Union traditionally has banned its members from subsidising their domestic industries. The Green Deal Industrial Plan is a proposal being heavily backed by France and Germany which would provide an exemption to this ban for the development of green technology. It was proposed in retaliation to the US introducing subsidies for its green technology industry.

    Monash Open 2023 · Open Semifinals · 2023-04-01

  • This house believes that India should lease Protected Areas to local residents

    Infoslide

    India uses protected area management" to identify important natural areas and prioritizes the protection of wilderness in those areas over resource use. (eg: national parks

    Colgate 2023 · wildlife preserves · 2023-03-25

  • This house would implement a resource tax in developing countries.

    Infoslide

    A resource tax is a tax burden, placed on the extraction and utilization of all natural resources.

    Novice Worlds 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-03-25