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Type: Environment ×

This house believes that developed countries that were historically pollutive have a moral obligation to give up part of their land to nations that will sink due to climate change (e.g. the Seychelles and the Maldives).
UT MARA National Novice 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-01-01
The European Union should minimize dependence on raw materials from other regions.
Keskkoolide Eesti meistrivõistluste 22/23 I etapp EST · Round 1 · 2023-01-01
That environmental activists should not engage in militant tactics (e.g. sabotaging gas pipelines or blocking main roads)
Junior Premier 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-01-01
This house prefers the Kyoto protocol mechanism
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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 Northern Regionals 2023 · Quarterfinals · 2023-01-01
This House Would tax non-renewable energy to match the cost of the cheapest available renewable energy source
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Currently renewable energy sources cost more per unit of energy than non-renewable sources of energy. The two prices can only be matched through a tax imposed on non-renewable sources such that it rises up to match renewable energy sources.

Korea National Championships BP 2022 · 2 · 2022-12-19
This house believes that figureheads of environmental movements should actively avoid political partisanship
IWSDO 2022 · Round 2 · 2022-12-09
C: That we support the widespread use of citizens assemblies in determining law reform in controversial policy areas (e.g., environment, criminal justice)
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C: A citizens' assembly is a body consisting of randomly-selected citizens who conduct participatory deliberation on a given political issue. Citizens' assemblies are provided with specialist advice and are overseen to ensure they remain independent. In 2019 and 2020, France conducted a citizens' assembly, termed the Citizens' Convention for Climate, where 150 randomly-selected, demographically-representative citizens were tasked with crafting climate policy, which Emanuel Macron largely committed to implement.

Campbelltown Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2022 · Round 7 · 2022-11-23
A: That we regret the recent subsidisation of fossil fuels in Latin America to combat inflation
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A: In 2022, countries in Latin America have engaged in significant subsidies of fossil fuels in response to inflation. For example, substantial subsidies have been implemented in Ecuador (worth 0.8% of GDP) and Mexico (worth 1% of GDP) and Peru has cut taxes on fuel (equal to around 0.9% of GDP).

Campbelltown Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2022 · Round 3 · 2022-11-23
A: That we support the CBAM.
- Climate Change
- Trade
- Economics
- Europe
- Environment
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A: The European Union has recently voted to establish the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, which will place a levy on carbon-intense goods being imported from outside of the EU. It applies to the importation of various goods (e.g. cement, iron and steel, fertilisers, plastics, electricity) and will assess both the direct and indirect emissions embedded in the production process of the goods.

Campbelltown Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2022 · Open Quarterfinals · 2022-11-23
B: That governments should adopt competitive neutrality in the energy sector
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B: Competitive neutrality is an economic policy which ensures state owned enterprises and infrastructure must compete on an equal regulatory level with private businesses. Australia implemented competitive neutrality in many sectors throughout the 1990s, including the energy sector, which accompanied significant privatisation of state owned energy assets.

Campbelltown Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2022 · Open Quarterfinals · 2022-11-23
C: That the environmentalist movement should include a just transition away from the animal agriculture industry in its messaging
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C: "Just transition" rhetoric refers to economic transitions away from emissions-intense industries that attempt to account for social justice, for example by providing guaranteed jobs for workers who lose their jobs due to decarbonisation. Currently, a just transition is conceived as a transition away from fossil fuels extraction and combustion.

Campbelltown Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2022 · Open Quarterfinals · 2022-11-23
C: That developed countries should pursue a policy of degrowth
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C: 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.

Campbelltown Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2022 · ESL Semifinals · 2022-11-23
C: That developed countries should pursue a policy of degrowth
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C: 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.

Campbelltown Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2022 · Open Pre-Quarters · 2022-11-23
Deze Kamer betreurt het terugschroeven van de gasproductie in Groningen
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Nederlands Kampioenschap 2022 · 1 · 2022-11-16
This house believes that the pursuit of a green future" has done more harm than good in the fight against climate change"
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For the purposes of this debate, the “green future” is a world envisioned by countries and environmental movements and/or organizations across the globe in response to climate change impacts at present. The attempts to achieve a green future include, but are not limited to, aggressive decarbonization, search and transition to alternative fuels, projected and current implementations of green technology, and the rise of the just-stop-oil movement and the like.

Luzon IV 2022 · 2 · 2022-11-06
This house regrets the breakup of Pangea.
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https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/pangea-map-with-modern-borders-full.html?fbclid=IwAR13-VH9fnEVB_3JyQVNdTW011rES0dYaGlOFfO6Psi3uhP-ldrVfQAWj6k

USUDC 2022 · Novice Finals · 2022-11-05
This House Believes That developing island states should sell 99-year leases for significant portions of their EEZ to companies or states
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The Exclusive Economic Zone of a nation is ocean territory that stretches from 12-200 Nautical Miles from the coast. Nations are currently responsible for regulating maritime affairs within this area (e.g. fishing, commerce and policing).

Australian National University Winter 22 · Open Semis · 2022-11-01
That we oppose the imposition of climate change mitigation policies targeted at the agricultural sector (e.g. carbon pricing for agricultural emissions, requirements on farming management practices).
Macquarie Open 2022 · Round 4 · 2022-10-29
That, as Kenya, we would legalise poaching.
- Africa
- Law
- Economics
- Environment
- Animal Rights
Macquarie Open 2022 · Round 5 · 2022-10-29
That we oppose the imposition of climate change mitigation policies targeted at the agricultural sector (e.g. carbon pricing for agricultural emissions, requirements on farming management practices).
Macquarie Open 2022 · Round 4 · 2022-10-29