Press Report
DAY 1
The United Nations Environment Program, chaired by Helena Mirrow and Samuel Wishermann, debated global warming. Fifteen countries took part in the debate and demonstrated to take climate change as a serious issue. The delegations expressed having huge concern about the topic and claimed its need for immediate attention. However, the delegations of China, Russia, Mexico, France, the United States, and the
United Kingdom took part actively in the discussion.
The delegates agree that fossil fuel energy; deforestation and the emission of greenhouse gases (such as CO2) are the main causes, which contribute to climate change. The delegation of Canada highlights the corruption in the Amazonian's found as a big problem. The delegates settled that each country should state its effect on nature and the delegation of France claims that the country is polluting less to affect less the population and nature, as it is creating laws to increase gas emission and to recycle 100% of their plastic. The People's Republic of China is looking forward to ending its plastic production until 2060 and has the goal to sell more electric vehicles to reduce CO2 emission.
The United Nations Environment Program presents a big concern about the production of energy. Most delegates agreed to invest in solar and wind energy, depending on the countries landscape. China, for example, is building for the first time a renewable energy source. However, it costs a lot of money and the delegation of Mexico claims that it is not that fast to replace energy. The United States of America alleges that its renewable energy is growing a lot and Germany is looking forward to ending nuclear energy. The People's Republic of China reminds the delegates that many countries are devastating forests in order to produce and that agriculture has been a cause for huge damages.
The UNEP agrees on the importance of the economy for possible solutions. The delegation of Russia alleges that many economies depend on the production of fossil fuels and that the nations must be focused on environmental and economic stability. However, the delegates agree that not all nations have economic resources to change their energy source. The People's Republic of China claims that it has been helping countries in Africa to have a sustainable way of living in industries and families. The delegation of Mexico suggests that all countries should stop exporting fossil fuel energy. Nevertheless, Russia disagrees, as it would harm the Russians' economy. The delegation states that countries should continue to export, but that they should threatened countries to stop exporting to them and encourage them to turn eco-friendly.
Therefore, the delegates agree that people need to have their opinions changed with environmental problems. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is looking forward to faster resolutions for climate change.
The main submitters China, Mexico and Russia wrote the first resolution on the topic Global Warming with the co-submitters Germany, France, Finland, UK, Bolivia, Congo, Canada, and Japan. It bears in mind the particularity of each country's economic and geological characteristics, takes into account the population's safety while implementing renewable energy sources and acknowledges the effect of global warming by GHG emission in each country, especially in agricultural and/or marginalized areas.
Firstly, it calls upon governments to give incentives for industries that are making an effort to low GHG emission, minimize the environmental footprint through the production of renewable energy, the implementation of that energy in the production of other goods and the establishment of sustainable production lines, and sponsor environmentally focused non-profits.
Moreover, it strongly incentives countries to lower their importation of goods produced in non-eco-friendly conditions (while making sure the national needs for goods are met) such as but not limited to fossil fuel energy and thermal energy.
Besides, it Incentives, but not obliges countries to invest in renewable energy, taking into consideration the need for fossil fuel energy production and what each national landscape allows. It givThe United Nations Environment Program, chaired by Helena Mirrow and Samuel Wishermann, debated global warming. Fifteen countries took part in the debate and demonstrated to take climate change as a serious issue. The delegations expressed having huge concern about the topic and claimed its need for immediate attention. However, the delegations of China, Russia, Mexico, France, the United States, and the United Kingdom took part actively in the discussion.
es suggestions such as renewable energies such as solar, wind and hydropower and the maintenance of fossil fuel energy production when needed.
Again, it recommends the implementation of a Clean Energy Certificate (CEC) to support clean distribution generation in the following countries, but not limited to China, Mexico and Brazil, which sets targets for renewable infrastructure for each state.
Lastly, it suggests that people of that same country shall exclusively police the policing of each country's environmental effort to respect the right of sovereignty and decides to remain actively seized on the matter.
The delegation of the USA complains that countries, which don't respect the resolution shouldn't be harmed economically for it and the delegation of China defends its resolution. The delegation of Bolivia and Congo agrees with the United States of America.
The United Nation Environmental Program decided to start with a voting procedure to the resolution. Most delegated agreed to every clause, so the resolution passed successfully.
-Iara Campe
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DAY 2
The United Nations Environment Program on its second day, chaired by Helena Mirrow and Samuel Wishermann, debated empowering youth for sustainable development. The delegations expressed big concern on the topic and decided to settle an agenda to start discussing the matter. However, the delegations of China, Mexico, Russia, France, and Brazil took part actively in the discussion.
The delegations of China, Mexico, and Russia set the agenda with the following topics in order: statement of each country on the
matter, difficulties of spreading education and how each country is going to discuss the problem, how sustainable development goes, education about the matter in schools and universities, scientific development and its affection on each nation, possible solutions to the problem and awareness in villages, universities and schools. The delegates started to discuss the topics on the agenda. Nevertheless, the United Nations Environmental Program was struck by a crisis.
According to the UNEP source, the fires in Brazil have increased and 50% of the Amazonian rainforest happened to be burning. Furthermore, 30% of the Congo forest, the biggest forest in the African continent, has been set on fire by Iranian extremists, as an extremist hate crime. The Brazilian president declared only to be accepting financial aid from Finland, refusing to cooperate with other developing countries. The situation was taken to be dealt with immediately, as the consequences will be irreversible and will lead to the extinction of the human race.
The delegates started discussing the Amazonian rainforest fires and trying to decide what should be done to avoid it. Brazil started refusing any help from undeveloped countries. The delegation of Russia supported Brazil on its decision of being independent. However, other nations expressed certain incomprehension about the Brazilian delegate's decision. As Brazil is accepting help from developing countries and Bolivia from developed countries, the delegates decided to discuss the situation in an unmoderated caucus.
The main submitters People's Republic of China, United Mexican States and Russian Federation wrote the first crisis resolution on the topic Global Warming alarmed by the current situation of Congo's Basin and Brazil's Amazon Rainforest, taking into account the sovereignty of each State, bearing in mind that both countries here mentioned may decide otherwise in the future and keeping in mind the international implications of national environmental tragedies.
Firstly, this resolution encourages the establishment of a UN institution to assure constant vigilance of the international community in order to preserve Congo's forests including but not limited to the willing countries of United States of America, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, People's Republic of China, The Russian Federation, French Republic, Federal Republic of Germany, State of Japan and Canada, respecting the wishes of the Congolese State and the native societies and peoples and caring for the endemic endangered species.
Moreover, it suggests greater control of the Congolese forest's borders to stop terrorist action, hinder the access of illegal poachers to endangered animals and keep uneducated tourists from unknowingly harming nature and local communities. Besides, it reinforces that environmental crimes, which have international implications even if locally committed should be judged by the UN if there is no resistance from the country.
The resolution also calls upon countries to develop stronger policies in relation to environmental disruption such as deforestation, agricultural and cattle productions and the extraction of wood and other raw materials and expresses its hopes that Brazil and Congo will accept aid in the form of firefighters and health aid to the local communities from the following countries, but not limited to United States of America, People's Republic of China and Russian Federation.
Again, it further invites Bolivia to accept all forms of aid such as financial, health and military to maintain environmental structure, from the following countries, but not limited to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, People's Republic of China, Russian Federation, Federal Republic of German, French Republic, State of Japan, United States of America and Canada.
Lastly, it recommends that Brazil and Congo accept international private and governmental institutions to support native communities and species of the affected areas and decides to remain aware of the matter. All delegates agreed to the resolution, so it passed successfully.
The United Nations Environment Program decided to return to the matter of empowering youth for sustainable development. However, suddenly the United Nations Environment Program received devastating news: Greta Thunberg, a young activist who inspires many people in the world, had just died in an accident. The council gathered together to discuss each country's position and divided itself into two groups to write resolutions on the second crisis.
The main submitters The People's Republic of China, Russian Federation and the French Republic wrote the first resolution with the sponsors The Federal Republic of Germany, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and The State of Japan. It is confident in the good intentions behind the actions taken by the governments and police force of the UK, France, Germany, and Japan, deeply regretting the need for said actions and contemplating the international obligation to the maintenance of democratic regimes.
Firstly, it calls upon the international community to be willing to understand the positions of said countries having considering their previously peaceful and tolerant position towards protests, their historical past and their duty to maintain the peace within their societies. The resolution solemnly affirms that the repressed manifestations had no clear political purpose, taking into consideration that Greta Thunberg's death has been confirmed as an accident, that there were no clear political requests within the riots and that the protests were spontaneous, not previously organized.
Secondly, it reminds the council that each State has sovereignty over the occurrences within their borders and under their laws considering that the protesters were citizens of those countries, the fact that outside forces only have a limited view of the events and the media can be influenced by outside forces and/or personal agendas and manipulate events.
Moreover, it affirms that the four countries have taken action in environmental protection such as ratifying the Paris Agreement, ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, investing in clean energy, vowing to lower CO2 emissions, investing in the education of the population in regards to environmental causes, supporting undeveloped countries in the mission of becoming more eco-friendly/sustainable, investing in scientific research on the topic
Lastly, the resolution emphasizes the rarity of these instances in these countries and the promise not to repeat them and decides to remain aware of the matter.
The United Mexican States, the United States, and Bolivia wrote a second resolution, but it did not pass towards the voting. The first resolution was also rejected on a tie. Therefore, the council failed at the crisis.
-Iara Campe