The British Council Newest Debates http://britishcouncil.debatewise.com/debates The British Council Newest Debates 50 40 Agreeing mutually acceptable emissions targets will be more effective in tackling climate change than pressing for tough, legally binding targets for every country. http://britishcouncil.debatewise.com/debates/1386 Countries like to talk about being green and trumpet their climate change policies to show how progressive they are. However this does not mean they actually do anything. Legally binding targets a... http://britishcouncil.debatewise.com/debates/1386 83 17 Could a range of statistics be used to measure a country’s wellbeing rather than GDP? http://britishcouncil.debatewise.com/debates/1385 Using the total value of the goods and services produced in a country over a year as the main statistic to indicate the wellbeing of a country focuses on economic growth to the exclusion of both in... http://britishcouncil.debatewise.com/debates/1385 75 25 Carbon costs should be included in the retail price of products and services http://britishcouncil.debatewise.com/debates/1384 The cost of the goods and services we consume takes into account the resources, labour used to make them, as well as the transportation and administration costs involved. However, neither the consu... http://britishcouncil.debatewise.com/debates/1384 63 25 The development of a global low-carbon economy by 2020 is an unattainable dream http://britishcouncil.debatewise.com/debates/1383 Environmentalists argue that all countries need to change their economies to being “low carbon” as quickly as possible. A low-carbon economy will be a more pleasant environment in which to live an... http://britishcouncil.debatewise.com/debates/1383 80 20 Give free access to intellectual property to enable developing nations to implement CO2 reducing technologies. http://britishcouncil.debatewise.com/debates/1382 Technology is key in preventing global warming. Technology created the industrial revolution and will create the green revolution. We cannot leave less developed countries behind while the develope... http://britishcouncil.debatewise.com/debates/1382 71 14 Conserving resources through controlling population growth is more important than the freedom to have as many children as you want http://britishcouncil.debatewise.com/debates/1381 Our earth is crowded and we are living unsustainably. The world population is estimated to be 6.8billion and will rise to between 8 and 9 billion by 2050. The more people there are the more resour... http://britishcouncil.debatewise.com/debates/1381 67 17 The developed world must shoulder the vast majority of the cost of adapting to climate change http://britishcouncil.debatewise.com/debates/1380 The developed world has spewed out CO2 for the last two centuries and its financial riches make it best able to adapt to climate change. Developing countries will be worst affected and least able t... http://britishcouncil.debatewise.com/debates/1380 80 0 Each business sector should be considered as a global unit when being counted for CO2 emissions. http://britishcouncil.debatewise.com/debates/1379 Businesses go where their costs are lowest. When an industry is faced with a carbon tax in one country it will just move production abroad to circumvent that tax. Moreover, this means that emissi... http://britishcouncil.debatewise.com/debates/1379 60 20 There is no need for mandatory international targets for nations renewable energy production. http://britishcouncil.debatewise.com/debates/1378 We need renewable energy to cut dependence on fossil fuels. However producing electricity from them is often more expensive than current approaches. In order for countries to abandon fossil fuels... http://britishcouncil.debatewise.com/debates/1378 44 56 All countries should have a climate change ministry. http://britishcouncil.debatewise.com/debates/1377 Climate change is the most important challenge facing the world today. Every country should recognise the importance of tackling climate change by creating a climate change ministry. This could coo... http://britishcouncil.debatewise.com/debates/1377