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  • This house believes that, rather than protecting endangered species the animal rights movement should prioritize maximizing the total welfare of the animal population

    SSE Riga Practice Tournament · 2 · 2022-01-01

  • This house believes that the environmental movement ought to publicly support anti-natalist groups.

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    Antinatalism is the belief that it is morally wrong or unjustified for people to have children

    Malaysian National Schools WSDC 2022 · 4 · 2022-01-01

  • This house believes that scientists should not bring dinosaurs back to life

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    This debate assumes that scientists have the technology to recreate and hatch eggs of previously-extinct dinosaur species.

    Asia Junior Championships 2022 · 5 · 2022-01-01

  • This house will ban the use of personal vehicles in densely populated areas / areas with developed public transport.

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    Открытый турнир Ростовской Лиги Дебатов · 3 · 2021-12-16

  • Countries submit their Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) which discloses their national climate action plans. Examples of these plans include aiming for carbon neutral or net zero emissions adding capacity on renewable energy and fulfilling obligations under the Paris Agreement. In the present while countries are legally required to establish their NDCs achievement of the NDCs is non-binding. This house as the United Nations would make all NDCs legally binding

    Malaysia International WSDC 2021 · Open Final · 2021-12-10

  • This house believes that the ICC should prosecute ecocide.

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    Ecocide refers to unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts.

    Human Rights Debating Championship 2021 · 4 · 2021-12-09

  • This house would remove patents and intellectual property rights on technological goods and processes which do not reach a 'reasonable sustainability standard'.

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    The 'reasonable sustainability standard' outlines the standards a company should meet in the production of a good or the supply of a process to be considered environmentally sustainable e.g. meaningful attempts at carbon neutrality sustainable agricultural and forestry practices or sustainable manufacturing practices for example resource extraction.

    Pan African Universities Debating Championships 2021 · 3 · 2021-12-09

  • This house believes that European Parliament should approve the Green Revolution proposal

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    Green Revolution is a proposal made by European Union to become the world's first continent to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. The proposal includes:1) Imposing high tax on fuels for shipping and aviation2) Banning the sale of petrol and diesel driven vehicles by 20353) Forcing companies or manufacturers outside the EU to pay for carbon emission tax as a requirement of selling the produced goods to EU

    Indonesian Varsity English Debate 2022 · 2 · 2021-12-09

  • This house believes that environmental movements should heavily shift their conservation efforts to the protection of keystone species even at the expense of other endangered species

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    Keystone species are species that are extremely important for ecosystem's survival. For example bees are categorized as keystone species due to their pollination function that is important for plants' reproduction or sharks that feed on small fishes to balance the ocean ecosystem due to the limited amount of seaweed and food reserves.

    Indonesian Varsity English Debate 2022 · 2 · 2021-12-09

  • As Tom this house would fabricate the test result as a failure

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    After numerous painful heartbreaks in his life Tom a genius AI programmer declared himself as a celibate and promised not to find love ever again. One day his company assigned him to build a green-tech AI in a form of feminine humanoid robot named Julie. Julie is able to produce seeds that can be turned into renewable energy able to replace the usage of fossil fuels by 85% in the next 5 years increasing the chance to save mankind from global warming by 55%. Tom single-handedly test to see if Julie is genuinely capable to have thoughts and consciousness. Throughout the multiple tests it is shown that the test is a success Julie does possess true sentience. But one thing leads to another; Tom finds himself believing in love once more he is falling deeply in love with Julie and her cheerful personality. While writing the test report Tom learns that if the test were to fail his company will shut down the green tech program and set Julie free. But if it was a success his boss intends to restart and upgrade Julie to a more efficient version. Julie 2.0 can produce seeds in a larger quantity to accelerate the use of renewable energy; but this comes at a cost of permanently deleting her entire memory including all her interactions with Tom.

    12th National IDEA Debate · Novice Final · 2021-12-06

  • This house believes that conservationists should prioritise the development of de-extinction technologies over conserving existing species

    Asia World Schools Debate Open 2021 · Open Quarters · 2021-12-05

  • As a developing country government with a high economic dependence on the agricultural and livestock sectors, this Council will require livestock & agriculture industry players to openly list the levels of antibiotic residues and the risks in each of their products.

    Lomba Debat Bahasa Indonesia Daring AMOEBA 2021 · 1 · 2021-11-28

  • This house believes that protests like blood money do more harm than good to the environmental movement

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    Extinction Rebellion protesters poured red paint over theentrances of City institutions as they marched throughLondon’s financial district in a protest against the ‘“bloodmoney” on which they say the UK economy is built. In what appeared to be a huge mobilisation by theenvironmental protest group several thousand demonstrators took a tour of the City stopping off at thebanks and law firms they saw as most culpable in theclimate crisis. The organisers called for a halt to allinvestment in fossil fuels which emit damaging greenhouse gases when burnt.

    Intra-University Debating Championship 2021 · 2 · 2021-11-26