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  • This house believes that developed countries should increase investment into the development and implementation of nuclear fusion

    Infoslide

    Nuclear fusion energy is a new type of energy that is made by fusing two atoms together. This is similar to how the sun makes energy. This is very different from nuclear fission which is the conventional way of nuclear energy, and nuclear fusion is also scientifically proven to be much more safer. Scientists in the West recently achieved a breakthrough when, for the first time, a nuclear fusion test outputted more joules of energy in comparison to the input. The technology is very new and, conventionally, very expensive<br></p>

    Sta. Mesa Debate Open 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-02-24

  • This house regrets the focus on climate neutrality in the battle against climate change

    Infoslide

    Carbon neutrality is achieving balance between emitting carbon and absorbing carbon emissions from carbon sinks. For example, if Esso pledges to be carbon neutral, they may fund a project to restore a rainforest, so long as that rainforest absorbs as much carbon as Esso emits.

    Western University Winter Debating Championships 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-02-24

  • This House, as Joe Biden, would end the pause on US approvals for new LNG export facilities.

    Infoslide

    The United States is the world's top exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG), which is used as a mode of efficiently transporting natural gas through pipelines (for uses such as power generation). On January 26, Biden halted the approval of new licenses to export US LNG, citing environmental concerns related to fossil fuel emissions.

    Western WSDC 2024 · Open Quarterfinals · 2024-02-09

  • This house, as the EU, would abandon European Green Deal policies

    Infoslide

    the European Green Deal was established in 2019. Its policies include but are not limited to: cap and trade systems of emissions; agricultural emissions caps; carbon taxes; and performance standards for cars.

    Copenhagen Open 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-02-08

  • This House supports the rise of protectionist climate industrial policy

    Infoslide

    Climate industrial policy refers to government policies targeted at accelerating the development of green industries to transition towards a low-carbon economy. Protectionist policy refers to a range of measures to shield a country's domestic industries by instituting restrictions on foreign competition.

    Philippine Schools Debate Championship 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-01-08

  • This house, as humanity, would transition to scream power

    Infoslide

    In the world of Monsters Inc., the company uses screams to generate energy. While they do not need to use children's screams for power generation, it is the most efficient and productive power demographic by far. For the purposes of this debate, neither humans nor Monsters Inc know of laughing

    Fictional IV 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-10-20

  • This house supports advanced economies’ recent emphasis on “resilience” over “efficiency” in large-scale economic policy reforms (e.g., semiconductors in the CHIPS Act, green technology in the Inflation Reduction Act, etc.)

    Infoslide

    Efficiency-oriented economic policy centers on reducing prices and maximizing output by allocating production according to where a comparative advantage exists (e.g., lowering barriers to trade and investment, removing regulations that impede competition). Resilience-oriented economic policy sacrifices efficiency in order to build redundancies in the event of economic shocks (e.g., subsidizing domestic production, restricting trade of key technologies with adversaries, building national reserves).

    US Universities Debate Championship Tournament 2023 · Round 6 · 2023-10-20

  • This house supports developing states which hold globally significant proportions of critical resources (e.g. energy resources, rare earth minerals, some agricultural goods, ores, fresh water) forming resource cartels

    Infoslide

    A cartel is when a group of producers agree to coordinate supply of their product to the market, which means they can control prices (e.g. cutting supply to increase prices/flooding the market to decrease them). For example, OPEC is a cartel of oil-producing states that is led by Saudi Arabia.

    Sydney AWGMDC 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-10-14

  • This House, as South Africa, would prioritise investment into renewable energy over traditional forms of electricity

    Infoslide

    The South African electricity grid has experienced frequent daily power outages due to the dominance of "coal mafias", companies that control the majority of coal mines in the country and prioritise exporting high-quality coal over domestic energy needs. There is limited alternative energy infrastructure in South Africa.

    USU IV 2023 · Round 6 · 2023-09-16

  • This house believes that Malaysia's investment in renewable energy should be prioritized over other infrastructure projects.

    Vice Chancellor Cup 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-07-26

  • That the environmental movement should heavily prioritise nuclear power in their energy advocacy. [Nuclear]

    Krabi Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2023 · Pre-Quarterfinals · 2023-07-01

  • This house supports the use of market-based solutions to climate change

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    *Market-based strategies help fight climate change by putting an explicit price on carbon emissions and spurring businesses to find cost-effective ways to reduce those emissions

    Protea Pre-WSDC 2023 · Round 6 · 2023-06-23