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  • This house would offer substantial incentives for citizens who choose to shrink themselves to mitigate climate disaster

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    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 believes that developing countries should deprioritize the pursuit of the 'Green Growth' strategy

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    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, as an environmental movement, would use the Social Battering Rams tactic to pass environmental legislation

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    Social Battering Rams refer to individuals/groups that are used/exploited to advance the interests of another (i.e.Aetas in Mt. Pinatubo, Bugsuk in San Miguel land disputes). It can also refer to things used to “break” current societal foundations/standards/ideals

    49th Mindanao Parliamentary Debate Championship · High School Semifinals · 2025-04-26

  • This house supports carbon credit trading

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    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

  • That we would allocate LULUs by using the tender process.

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    A Locally Undesirable Land Use (LULU) is a type of land use that creates externality costs on those living in close proximity (bad smells, poor aesthetics, health hazards etc.) Examples of LULUs include prisons, garbage dumps, power plants and homeless shelters. In a tender process, each local community is required to submit a bid for an amount of compensation for which they would accept the LULU near them. The community that submits the lowest bid, is paid their requested compensation and the LULU is placed near them.

    Melbourne Easters 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-04-21

  • (C) This house prefers the carbon tax system to the carbon cap-and-trade system

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    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 Believes That the Cook Islands – China agreement is in the interests of the Cook Islands people.

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    The Cook Islands (pop. 15 000) is a self-governing Pacific island nation in free association with New Zealand. New Zealand is officially responsible for foreign policy and defence, and argues that it is to be consulted on defence and security issues. Cook Islanders hold New Zealand citizenship, and 80 000 Cook Islanders live in New Zealand. The last Cook Islands (annual) budget was €170 000 000, including €27 000 000 in foreign aid from New Zealand. Niue, another Pacific island nation, is also in free association with New Zealand. Recently, the Cook Islands signed a comprehensive strategic partnership with China. This prompted disapproval from New Zealand, particularly regarding a lack of consultation. The text of the agreement has not been released, but it is believed to include cooperation and investment in infrastructure, trade, tourism, and seabed mining. The Cook Islands have said that the agreement does not include debt, and assert that there are no security implications.

    Champagne Intervarsity 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-04-18

  • TWS engage in climate engineering that fundamentally alters the environment in an attempt to combat global warming

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    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

  • That we believe safari tourism should be significantly restricted in Serengeti National Park

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    The Serengeti National park in Tanzania is widely considered the world’s premier safari destination. It is home to the world’s largest wildlife migration of 2 million animals and welcomes over 350,000 tourists yearly, making it Africa’s most visited wildlife sanctuary.

    UNSW Pre-Easters 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-04-15