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Search Navigation Debatepedia Home IDEA Home Recent Changes Featured articles Upcoming features Contents guide getting started User Guide Create a debate Create an argument Pro/con structure Twitter Donate! Other resources Contact Internships Facebook group Useful links Link exchanges NFL resolution topics Other IDEA projects National Debate Series: Boston In other languages Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link	Debate Digest: Teacher-student friendships on Facebook, Law school, Balanced budget amendment, US debt ceiling deal. The People Speak Global Debates (Spring 2010) From Debatepedia Revision as of 04:41, 18 February 2010; Brooks Lindsay (Talk \| contribs) (diff) ←Older revision \| Current revision \| Newer revision→ (diff) Jump to: navigation, search This page is a portal for The People Speak's Spring 2010 Global Debates. It provides resources and links on the topics of the contest. The topic for this year's contest is: "Annex I Countries of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) should provide significantly increased aid to developing countries for the specific purpose of climate change adaptation." See Debatepedia's pro/con article on the topic here. Student participants will also be required to submit an adaptation plan for a specific country and the specific climate change threat we've paired with that country. Here are students' five options to choose from: Country: Ethiopia. Threat: Drought Country: Bangladesh. Threat: Flooding Country: Philippines. Threat: Storms (more frequent, more intense) Country: Maldives. Threat: Sea level rise Country: Malawi. Threat: Uncertainty in agriculture, food deficits See links to resources for these scenarious at the bottom of the page. Here is the guide and worksheet for constructing your climate change adaptation plan: Guide for your Climate Change Adaptation Plan. Worksheet for your Climate Change Adaptation Plan. Below are links to resources that will be of use to both the larger debate topic and to the country-specific and scenario-specific plans. Good starting places Debatepedia: Debate: Increase UN Annex I aid for climate change adaptation Debatepedia: Debate: Developed countries have a higher obligation to combat climate change Wikipedia: Adaptation to global warming Debatepedia: Global climate change portal How much climate aid is enough? New York Times Room for Debate. December 11th, 2009 "Europe Pledges Billions in Climate Funding." New York Times. December 11th, 2009 WikiAdapt, WeAdapt. Primary resources (reports and studies) World Bank report press release: "Adapting to Climate Change to Cost US$75-100 Billion a year." November. 2009. Full Report. US Environmental Protection Agency. "Climate Change - Health and Environmental Effects. Adaptation" USAID: "Adapting to climate variability and change." August 2007 IPCC Report: Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability IPCC Report: Assessment of adaptation practices, options, constraints and capacity UNFCCC: Adaptation Fund US Environmental Protection Agency on Adaptation Coping with Climate Change. The Role of Adaptation in the United States. Pew Center on Global Climate Change "Risks, opportunities, and adaptation to climate change." Climate Research. 1998 United Nations Development Programme on Adaption to Climate Change Poverty in Climate Change. Institute of Development Studies Articles on developing world responsibilities on climate aid "Adaptation To Global Climate Change Is An Essential Response To A Warming Planet." ScienceDaily. Feb. 8, 2007 "China says Developed Countries bear “unshirkable responsibility” for causing global warming; Temperature in Beijing hits record high for February". Fin Fact, Ireland. February 6, 2007 "UN: Rich Nations Must Lead Fight Against Global Warming". eNews. November 27th 2007 Li Heng. "Developed Countries Most to Blame for Climate Change." China.org. May 24, 2007 "China reiterates developed nations' obligation in anti-global warming efforts". China View. March 16, 2008 "China says developed countries must bear global warming burden". Associated Press. November 22, 2007 Andrew Revkin. "Imagine Everyone Was Equal, in Emissions". New York Times blog Dot Earth. February 15, 2008 "Business leaders urge wealthy nations to take lead in global warming battle". Associated Press. June 20, 2008 Anup Shah. "Climate Justice and Equity". Global Issues. January 01, 2008 Jim Hardley. "China Says Rich Countries Should Take Lead on Global Warming". New York Times. February 7, 2007 "Hu urges 'common but differentiated responsibilities'". China Daily. June 8, 2007 "UN: Rich Nations Must Lead Fight Against Global Warming". eNews. November 27th 2007 Chris Buckley. "China Says Global Warming in Hands of Wealthy Nations". Reuters. February 7, 2007 Li Heng. "Developed Countries Most to Blame for Climate Change." China.org. May 24, 2007 "China reiterates developed nations' obligation in anti-global warming efforts". China View. March 16, 2008 "China says developed countries must bear global warming burden". Associated Press. November 22, 2007 Andrew Revkin. "Imagine Everyone Was Equal, in Emissions". New York Times blog Dot Earth. February 15, 2008 "A Global Solution to A Global Problem". Global Commons Institute "Business leaders urge wealthy nations to take lead in global warming battle". Associated Press. June 20, 2008 Kit Batten. "The Lessons of Bali: The U.S. Needs to Lead on Global Warming". Center for American Progress. December 18, 2007 Anup Shah. "Climate Justice and Equity". Global Issues. January 01, 2008 "What equals effective". Down To Earth Magazine. December 15, 2007 Resources for country-specific scenarios Country: Ethiopia. Threat: Drought World Bank: "Ethiopia: Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change Study" Tadesse Dadi. "Adapting to drought in Ethiopia." February 22, 2007 "ETHIOPIA: Poverty hampers climate change adaptation, says PM." Irin News. January 16, 2009 Country: Bangladesh. Threat: Flooding World Bank: Bangladesh: Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change Study Practical Action, Policy Briefing: "Promoting adaptation to climate change in Bangladesh" Videos on climate change adaptation in Bangladesh Oxfam Quebec: "Climate change adaptation in Bangladesh: Preparing for flood disaster" Country: Philippines. Threat: Storms (more frequent, more intense) Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA): Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Coasts and Oceans Climate and development: "Mainstreaming adaptation in developing countries: The case of the Philippines" Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia "Knowledge Systems in Climate Change Adaptations Among Farming Communities in the Philippines" Country: Maldives. Threat: Sea level rise US EPA: "Strategies for Adaption to Sea Level Rise" UNESCO: "Climate change and sea-level rise" "Maldives set to test adapting to higher seas." MSNBC. May 18, 2009 Country: Malawi. Threat: Uncertainty in agriculture, food deficits ACCCA analysis of Malawi adaptation scenarios Oxfam: "Malawi: Courage in the time of climate change" Earthwire News on Malawi and Climate Change Retrieved from "http://dbp.idebate.org/en/index.php/The_People_Speak_Global_Debates_%28Spring_2010%29"

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