03-11-2007, 08:36 AM
Quote: Climate Refugee Commission
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.
Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: All Businesses
Proposed by: ESAT
Description: THE UNITED NATIONS,
DEFINING a ?climate refugee? as a person whose home has become uninhabitable due to permanent or indefinite climate changes, including but not limited to recurrent natural disasters, flooding, and long-term recorded changes in temperature of 2?C or more; or: as a person whose home is deemed likely, by the Climate Refugee Commission, to become uninhabitable within the next ten years;
URGING all member nations to do their utmost to lessen and prevent adverse human impacts on the climate;
RECOMMENDING that affected member nations call for aid from other nations, and allow national and international aid teams the maximum possible opportunities to distribute aid and access affected areas;
FURTHER URGING all member nations with significant areas of elevation or other means of refuge from lowland flooding to offer sanctuary to evacuees from vulnerable member nations;
HEREBY CREATES the Climate Refugee Commission (CRC), consisting of a panel of independent climate scientists and resettlement experts.
The CRC shall:
1. Immediately begin collecting data measuring the impact on climate change of industrial and other human activities within each nation. Within three years the CRC, using this data, shall establish what proportion of harmful impact is attributable to each nation. These figures are to be updated every three years.
2. Receive and rule on appeals from climate refugees who have been denied immigration to at least four countries.
3. At its discretion, require each nation to accept a number of climate refugees proportional to that nation?s adverse impact on the climate, as calculated by the CRC. Alternately, and with the CRC?s consent, a nation may choose to contribute a proportionally calculated sum of money, infrastructure and/or aid to other resettlement plans.
Voting Ends: Thu Mar 15 2007
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A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.
Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: All Businesses
Proposed by: ESAT
Description: THE UNITED NATIONS,
DEFINING a ?climate refugee? as a person whose home has become uninhabitable due to permanent or indefinite climate changes, including but not limited to recurrent natural disasters, flooding, and long-term recorded changes in temperature of 2?C or more; or: as a person whose home is deemed likely, by the Climate Refugee Commission, to become uninhabitable within the next ten years;
URGING all member nations to do their utmost to lessen and prevent adverse human impacts on the climate;
RECOMMENDING that affected member nations call for aid from other nations, and allow national and international aid teams the maximum possible opportunities to distribute aid and access affected areas;
FURTHER URGING all member nations with significant areas of elevation or other means of refuge from lowland flooding to offer sanctuary to evacuees from vulnerable member nations;
HEREBY CREATES the Climate Refugee Commission (CRC), consisting of a panel of independent climate scientists and resettlement experts.
The CRC shall:
1. Immediately begin collecting data measuring the impact on climate change of industrial and other human activities within each nation. Within three years the CRC, using this data, shall establish what proportion of harmful impact is attributable to each nation. These figures are to be updated every three years.
2. Receive and rule on appeals from climate refugees who have been denied immigration to at least four countries.
3. At its discretion, require each nation to accept a number of climate refugees proportional to that nation?s adverse impact on the climate, as calculated by the CRC. Alternately, and with the CRC?s consent, a nation may choose to contribute a proportionally calculated sum of money, infrastructure and/or aid to other resettlement plans.
Voting Ends: Thu Mar 15 2007
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