Issue 1 - Climate Change

General Assembly 

ISSUE 1: ‘’Action to combat climate change and to promote sustainable energies.’’

SUBMITTER : Rwanda

CO-SUBMITTERS : Malta, Madagascar, Denmark,

SUPPORTED BY : Oman, Indonesia, Cuba, Costa Rica, Slovakia, Malaysia, Somalia, Monaco, Spain, Paraguay, Austria, Phillipines, DR Congo, Mexico, Australia, Japan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Lithuania, Yemen, Vietnam, Mozambique, Colombia,

The General Assembly,

Reminding all Nations of the pre-ambulatory clauses of the Conference of Parties at the COP21 in Paris,

Recognizing that climate change represents an urgent and potentially irreversible threat to human societies and the planet and thus requires the widest possible cooperation by all countries, and their participation in an effective and appropriate international response, with a view to accelerating the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions,

Also recognizing that deep reductions in global emissions will be required in order to achieve the ultimate objective of the Convention and emphasizing the need for urgency in addressing climate change,

Noting that, from 1880 to 2012, average global temperature increased by 0.85°C. To put this into perspective, for each 1 degree of temperature increase, grain yields decline by about 5 per cent. The ecosystems are heavily affected by this rise in temperature,

Is alarmed by the fact that oceans have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished and sea level has risen.

Emphasizes that, given current concentrations and on-going emissions of greenhouse gases, it is likely that by the end of this century, the increase in global temperature will exceed 1.5° ,

Is deeply disturbed by the increase in global emissions of carbon dioxyde (CO2) by almost 50 per cent since 1990,

Is noting with deep concern that emissions grew more quickly between 2000 and 2010 than in each of the three previous decades,

Acknowledging that climate change is a common concern of humankind, Parties should, when taking action to address climate change, respect, promote and consider their respective obligations on human rights, the right to health, the rights of indigenous peoples.

1.      Reminds all Nations that it is still possible, using a wide array of technological measures and changes in behaviour, to limit the increase in global mean temperature to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels,

2.      Stresses that major institutional and technological change will give a better than even chance that global warming will not exceed this threshold,

3.      Establishes that all Nations must have a carbon standard which, if surpassed, makes the activity emitting the carbon outlawed, and a lower sandard which, if surpassed, requests that  the emitting country pay a tax equal to 30% of the production costs. e20% of his tax will be be redirected to the countries contributing to the ‘’Energetic World Bank’’ and to countries who will have restricted their carbon emission, while the remaining 10% would fund research in geo-engineering,

4.      Proposes the creation of an ‘’Energetic World Bank’’, in which countries with an abundant supply of renewable energies would store their leftover energies, for under-developped countries to make use of them,

5.      Brings forth a plan to use a fleet of airplanes to pump sulphur dioxyde into the stratosphere, where it will form aerosols that reflect sunlight straight back into space and thus cool the planet.

6.      Suggests the creation of dams connected by paths to the sea in order to control the sea level.