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Type: Climate Change ×

This House regrets the glorification of eco-tourism in environmentally fragile regions (e.g. Palawan, Maldives, Bali, etc.)
Archer Schools Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-05-17
This House would enforce the compulsory inclusion of sustainable meals, such as plant-based dishes, insect-based diets, and alternative proteins, in school cafeterias.
KUDC x HYDS KIDA National Championship 2025 · EFL Finals · 2025-05-16
This House would require developed countries to take full responsibility of relocating the populations of island nations affected by rising sea levels.
KUDC x HYDS KIDA National Championship 2025 · Pre-Quarterfinals · 2025-05-16
This House believes that travel content creators do more harm than good.
KUDC x HYDS KIDA National Championship 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-05-16
This House regrets the virality of merchandise that are marketed as environmentally conscious products.
KUDC x HYDS KIDA National Championship 2025 · Rookie Quarterfinals · 2025-05-16
This House, as the environmental movement, would actively campaign against the space industry.
KUDC x HYDS KIDA National Championship 2025 · Pre-Quarterfinals · 2025-05-16
This House regrets the virality of merchandise that are marketed as environmentally conscious products.
KUDC x HYDS KIDA National Championship 2025 · Pre-Quarterfinals · 2025-05-16
That we prefer enforceable but weak international conventions to non-binding aspirational ones (e.g. on climate change, human rights)
National Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Preliminary Grand Final · 2025-05-11
This house would offer substantial incentives for citizens who choose to shrink themselves to mitigate climate disaster
Infoslide

Shrinking, also known as downsizing, refers to a technological process where humans are physically reduced in size to a fraction of their original stature (e.g., around 10cm tall). The process is permanent and safe which reduces an individual's ecological footprint by over 99% — including lower consumption of food, water, energy, and physical space.

SMU Hammers 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-05-10
This House prefers a world where humans evolved to develop the capability to live and breathe underwater
Columbia World Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-05-03
This house believes that developing countries should deprioritize the pursuit of the 'Green Growth' strategy
Infoslide

The 'Green Growth' strategy is an economic development policy that aims to foster economic growth while ensuring sustainable environmental outcomes. It emphasizes the efficient use of natural resources and seeks to reduce pollution and minimize waste, aiming for a net-zero economy by 2050.

49th Mindanao Parliamentary Debate Championship · High School Semifinals · 2025-04-26
This house would prevent those who deny climate change from seeking political office
49th Mindanao Parliamentary Debate Championship · High School Semifinals · 2025-04-26
This house supports carbon credit trading
- Climate Change
- Economics
- Environment
- Law
- Trade
Infoslide

Carbon credits represent a right to emit a certain amount of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gasses (GHGs). One credit typically represents one ton of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions. They are issued by governments or corporations from their projects that have avoided or removed emissions (e.g., renewable energy, GHG capture, avoided deforestation, reforestation, etc.) and are sold and bought on a market. Carbon credits are typically purchased to comply with domestic and international environmental standards. Currently, the price of carbon credit is determined through a free market mechanism.

Raul Roco Cup XVII · Round 3 · 2025-04-25
(C) This house prefers the carbon tax system to the carbon cap-and-trade system
Infoslide

A carbon tax is a fixed fee imposed on carbon emissions, providing a direct financial incentive for businesses to reduce their carbon footprint. In contrast, a cap-and-trade system sets a maximum limit (cap) on total emissions and allows companies to buy, sell, or trade emission permits, creating a market-driven approach to reducing pollution.

Taiwan International Debate Open 2025 · Open Quarterfinals · 2025-04-19
This House predicts that, if human civilization were to collapse, it would be due to climate change rather than to artificial intelligence.
- Climate Change
- Artificial Intelligence
Shanghai International Debate Open 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-04-17
This house prefers a world where humans evolved to develop the capability to live and breathe underwater
Shanghai International Debate Open 2025 · Under 14 Semifinals · 2025-04-17
That we regret the emphasis on individual responsibility in combating climate change.
UNSW Pre-Easters 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-04-15
TWS engage in climate engineering that fundamentally alters the environment in an attempt to combat global warming
Infoslide

Geo-engineering refers to large-scale technological interventions designed to deliberately alter Earth's climate systems to counteract climate change e.g. spraying reflective particles into the upper atmosphere across entire regions to reflect solar radiation back into space, modifying ocean surfaces to absorb more carbon dioxide, and installing reflective materials over large portions of land to increase the amount of solar energy that bounces off the planet's surface rather than being absorbed as heat

UNSW Pre-Easters 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-04-15
This house regrets the decline of Tesla
Infoslide

Falling sales indicate that Tesla's financial health is fundamentally faltering as competitors are surging, particularly rival BYD. The Chinese EV and battery maker for the first time topped Tesla in revenue in 2024 and is on pace to become the global leader in electric vehicle sales this year.

Ateneo Debate Open Pre-UADC 2025 · Open Quarterfinals · 2025-04-12
This house predicts that the Paris Agreement's 2°C goal will be met as of 2050
Infoslide

The 2°C goal in climate science, stemming from the Paris Agreement, aims to combat carbon emissions and limit global average temperature increase to ""well below"" 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels (1850-1900), with efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. The Paris Agreement has been ratified or acceded to by the EU, China, and 193 other states. The United States was an original signatory, withdrew, re- entered, and withdrew again on January 20, 2025.

Ateneo Debate Open Pre-UADC 2025 · Open Quarterfinals · 2025-04-12