Climate change is a global issue. There is a rapidly growing population, but only a limited supply of non-renewable resources. This results in climate change being, not only, a very prevailing topic, but also a widely-accepted concept in this committee. The acceptance of setting the agenda to the climate change topic was established in the first ten minutes of the committee session. All countries believed that investing in renewable energy would be the responsible thing to do, but were at conflict with the funding and economic factors of a transition to renewable energy sources. Many countries were unwilling to cooperate because of their current economic state, and the economic factors that would tie in with such transition. An economy, based on green alternatives, would be a temporary solution to the further climate change and the decreasing supply of non-renewable resources.
Many countries came up with solutions, that would only benefit themselves, and forgot about the countries who did not have the resources to do the same. For instance, many African countries suggested that solar panels were the right solution to adopt. The delegation of China graciously pointed out that although this would be an ideal solution, this solution would only be effective towards African countries as they have an abundance of unused land, something that most developed countries are lacking.
The delegate of China proposed a more plausible and inclusive solution, which was to create a national legislation, funded by taxes that would educate the world on climate change, provide developing countries with funding, while letting countries pick a renewable resource to invest in themselves, in order to protect their interests. China also suggested to tax corporations, more heavily, if their carbon emissions surpassed a certain amount. This would create an incentive for companies to change to more green ways, and also create more businesses in the renewable energy sector. Many countries including Germany, Sweden, and others. agreed with China’s suggestions by tapping on the tables aggressively. Many other countries such as France kept insisting on using nuclear power only, as it is “the only source of renewable energy strong enough to replace fossil fuels.”
No clear blocs have been formed yet, but most delegates are leaning towards China’s plan for renewable energy.
Many countries came up with solutions, that would only benefit themselves, and forgot about the countries who did not have the resources to do the same. For instance, many African countries suggested that solar panels were the right solution to adopt. The delegation of China graciously pointed out that although this would be an ideal solution, this solution would only be effective towards African countries as they have an abundance of unused land, something that most developed countries are lacking.
The delegate of China proposed a more plausible and inclusive solution, which was to create a national legislation, funded by taxes that would educate the world on climate change, provide developing countries with funding, while letting countries pick a renewable resource to invest in themselves, in order to protect their interests. China also suggested to tax corporations, more heavily, if their carbon emissions surpassed a certain amount. This would create an incentive for companies to change to more green ways, and also create more businesses in the renewable energy sector. Many countries including Germany, Sweden, and others. agreed with China’s suggestions by tapping on the tables aggressively. Many other countries such as France kept insisting on using nuclear power only, as it is “the only source of renewable energy strong enough to replace fossil fuels.”
No clear blocs have been formed yet, but most delegates are leaning towards China’s plan for renewable energy.