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

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    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 National Novice 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-01-01

  • The EC supports the surge in feasibility studies on planetary repopulation.

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    Interplanetary repopulation is a term that refers to the scientific efforts aimed at transferring human life to another planet because it is believed that our ecosystem may not be functional in the coming years. Minimal efforts have been made to try to restore our ecosystem despite it requiring fewer economic resources than interplanetary repopulation.

    Campeonato Interuniversitario Metropolitano Presencial 2023 · Novata Finals · 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

  • 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.

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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

  • 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

  • This house believes that the environmental movement should advocate for adaptation to the effects of climate change over mitigation of the effects of climate change

    Yale IV 2022 · ESL Finals · 2022-10-29