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Here is my proposal for alleviating the effects of the global climate crisis

RECOGNIZING the World Assembly's commitment to sustainable solutions to the global climate crisis

EMPHASIZING that climate change requires urgent and collective action

ACKNOWLEDGING that many develop8ing nations are economically dependent of energy sources that are not environmentally friendly

COGNIZANT that the dangers of global warming may entail increased extreme weather conditions

GRAVELY CONCERNED about the lack of public awareness regarding the topic of global warming

AWARE that cooperation and collaborative action is necessary in combating global warming

STRESSING the importance and urgency of finding a solution for the issue by improving collaboration between countries linked by regional blocs

1) SUGGESTS a program in which all nations receive a limited number of carbon credits in return for the funding of environmental research

2) RECOMMENDS aid to already damaged nations that have been affected by global warming

3) Urges the creation of a sub-committee attended by all WA members that will:
a) Encourage private firms to invest in infrastructure
b) Pressure and advise countries on ways to defend themselves from the effects of global warming

4) RECOMMENDS that the coalition include a need assessment board to determine the distribution of funds and aid based on financial need and risk factors

5) CONFIRMS that any nation that uses their aid leverage in a situation that would compromise a receiving nation's political sovereignty will be reprimanded and have sanctions placed upon them

6) CERTIFIES a WA regulated carbon trading market which allows carbon to be sold and traded at a countries expense

7) REQUESTS a yearly 2% decrease in carbon emissions, supervised by the sub-committee, with the possibility of an extension for nations in need:
a) Extensions granted by the World Assebly
b) Two-thirds majority approval in the WA is required for a nation to receive a grant

8) PROMOTES the research of alternative energy approaches including, but not limited to: solar, wind, water, ethanol, rice, etc.

9) ACCEPTS donations from willing and able NGOs and other private investors, to be monitored by the World Assembly

10) ENCOURAGES a World Assembly sponsored weather monitoring center for the purpose of tracking extreme weather conditions and providing adequate time for evacuation of all citizens

11) ENDORSES the creation of World Assembly funded and monitored refugee camps for all misplaced persons affected by natural disasters








Please let me know what you all think.

3) Urges the creation of a sub-committee attended by all WA members...

Sorry, but this makes it illegal.
We don't sit on any sort of committees, sub or otherwise. There are magical beings that take care of that.
[No, seriously]

Is there a way to take it off than? I'm new to the site, so I'm still getting a feel for the rules.

No, you can't edit a proposal once it's been submitted. You'll have to resubmit it with changes, once it's been removed.

Don't worry, though: that's only a tiny error, and the committee rules are the most confusing aspect.

I'm worried this proposal is a bit broad. It covers everything from emissions reductions, to research into alternative energies, to capped trading, to weather monitoring, to refugees. Obviously, all these issues are related. But it might be better to concentrate on one narrower aspect, so you can really concentrate and remove any ambiguities. For example, you don't really explain how the cap-and-trade system will work.

1) SUGGESTS a program in which all nations receive a limited number of carbon credits in return for the funding of environmental researchWe need no credits on carbon as we simply find dead humans and break them down thus have all the carbon we need.

If this is another of the old ideas of my nation can create up to 5000 tons of bull manure a year and only produces 3000 tons we can sale to another nation the right to produce our 2000 tons of manure for use then we see nothing accomplished here. Two nations each allowed 5000 tons of manure this way still gets us 10000 tons of manure.

What needs to be done is work to reduce the manure production in all nations if one can reduce from 5000 tons to 3000 tons then why can't all of them reduce not borrow manure credits from another so they can over produce. We say manure but it could be carbon or water or whatever each individual nations might find a danger to them as not all nations live in the same world climates, so can survive where others can't and that why they are living where they choose to live and are trying to protect their own as they know how.

You talk about global warming but to us this is a change for the better for us.. but global chilling would be another issue.

OOC: Is global warming to real world a term for here as if we understand it means climate changes on a single world but members of the WA live on many different worlds... even deifferent realms were global warming is something 'greek' to them out of some fantasy tale.

ACKNOWLEDGING that many develop8ing nations are economically dependent of energy sources that are not environmentally friendly

You're going to yank that "8" out of there right?

Bob Flibble
WA Representative

Sorry, but this makes it illegal.
We don't sit on any sort of committees, sub or otherwise. There are magical beings that take care of that.
[No, seriously]

I wouldn't remove it for that, though it ought to be dropped from any reposted version.

There's a big difference between "a committee of the whole" and "the committee will consist of the regional delegates representing the 12 largest regions, plus 12 more randomly selected WA members, plus 12 members selected by popular vote on the forums". The first isn't specific. The second is massive metagaming, and verges on game mechanics.

OOC: Is global warming to real world a term for hereNo.

It's just likely to spawn all sorts of IC complaints. Then again, so does everything else...

I don't think anything we do is going to reverse global warming. Global climate change is a natural occurence. We can slow down global warming but can't reverse it.

which globe? decapod ten controls its own planet. our globe is not warming.