Ateneo Eco Debates

Sometimes, you just gotta lock in! 🎮🕹️

The 𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗼 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 represents our shared commitment to recentering the game of debate to its basic goal - collaborative dialogue and peaceful development.

Come on, gamers! See you all on 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟱-𝟲, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰!

𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍

𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍

𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒🍯

These debaters have shown their intellectual prowess and craftsmanship✍️. They possess the art of persuasion🗣️ and wit🧠. We congratulate them for their greatness and talents during this tournament!🎉

𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒🍯

🌟With great talent and skills, these debaters have shown their magnificent ability to craft speeches and persuade judges of their stance🎙️. Even with the challenges as they ventured along the Hundred Acre Woods🪵, they did not fail to come on top. Congratulations to the high school best speakers of this tournament!🎉

𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐄𝐃 | 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

The stales are higher than ever! Have what it takes to win it all?🤔 One last chance to prove Pooh🐻 and his pals. Its the grand finals! Win it all!🏆

𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟏: THW require economic policies to be approved by an independent panel of environmental experts before they are implemented

𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐: THS eco-terrorism in countries with inadequate environmental regulations

𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟑: THW prioritize subsidies for companies developing green technologies over traditional industrial sectors

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𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐄𝐃 | 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐈 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

Diving into a debate on international relations! Is your stance gonna withstand?🤔 Battle it out with your intellectual prowess⚔️. The stakes are high, be sure you got what it takes to reach the top!🔝

𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟏: THBT the EU should punish its member states for illiberal policies

𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐: THBT WTO should allow developing countries to impose policies aimed at protecting domestic industries, even at the expense of harming international trade

𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟑: THBT the Bretton Woods Institutions (International Monetary Fund, World Bank, etc.) have done more harm than good

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𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐄𝐃 | 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐈 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

Go forth and travel🗺️ along the Hundred Acre Woods🪵🌳 with wit and skill🧠 in the path of discourse.🗣️ Be one in the creation of narratives✍️ and thought surrounding life.✨

𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝟐: Zoonotic diseases are diseases that cross species-barrier. They transfer from animal to human, or human to animal.

𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟏: Assuming the technology exists, THS the commercial use of emotional control technologies as a form of medical treatment.

𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐: THBT states should prioritize funding medical researches about zoonotic diseases (i.e. Avian influenza, rabies, brucellosis etc)

𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟑: THO the Patenting of Genetically Engineered Living Organisms

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𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐄𝐃 | 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

Greater heights call for greater motions!🏔️ Challenge your wits as you fight to get to the next level.✍️ Buzz 🐝 with ideas and bewilder in the numerous thoughts that come your way!✨

𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟏: THW allow regions to secede through referendums

𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐: THS nationalism

𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟑: THBT opposition parties in Asian developing countries should adopt the approach of portraying the voter base of the ruling administration as rational and reasonable instead of depicting them as being manipulated by the system through undemocratic means (e.g. revisionism, disinformation)