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James Mason
18 September 2022 - 20:17 PM
From For to For, almost entirely because I was thinking exactly like what Bjorn described in the Q&A at the end: this was a problem with how the motion was…
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Larry McIver
15 August 2022 - 15:49 PM
Question should have been : Can humans adapt to climate changes at our current standards of living (or higher) We can go back to caves or tiny communities if our…
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Lewis Miller
28 July 2022 - 21:25 PM
This was a pretty disappointing debate and it was set up to do so from the start with the premise. Can humans adapt, well yes of course they can and…
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markrkrebs 12
17 July 2022 - 20:19 PM
Thankfully the debate moved quickly off the literal interpretation of "can" and towards the ethical and economic question of "should" we adapt to (or fight to suppress) climate change? Then…
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Otiose8@gmail.com
4 July 2022 - 03:43 AM
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The topic question was muddled. The only answer is yes which actually captures 'adaptation' and 'mitigation' as the grey between these two was touched upon by the debaters because to…
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Christina Danvers
3 July 2022 - 20:02 PM
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Mitigation is a form of adaptation. This debate has been more of an exercise in illustrating the problem of why there is no political will to do either. Both sides…
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Howard Jones
3 July 2022 - 17:03 PM
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With all due respects, I'm not sure the question was appropriate. Both sides could have easily argued in the affirmative. Mitigation doesn't preclude adaptation and adaptation doesn't preclude mitigation.
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Howard Jones
3 July 2022 - 17:01 PM
Brian Pride... Obviously I can't speak for Michelle, but I suspect she's referring to horizontal travel of 40 feet, not vertical change of 40 feet. Depending upon the slope of…
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Brian Pride
1 July 2022 - 19:12 PM
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I've nearly finished listening to the debate, but when a debater (Michelle Wucker) state that Lake Michigan has risen 40 feet I immediately discount the rest of her arguments. While…
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Mario Peraza
14 June 2022 - 21:02 PM
I'm a strong believer of mitigatión, the governments of the world must take firm action against pollutters, stablishing harsher penalties for the infractors of mitigation efforts(pardon my grammar)
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xyon14@gmail.com
24 May 2022 - 20:07 PM
We can cut emissions and adapt to the environment. We have been adapting for thousands of years.
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xyon14@gmail.com
24 May 2022 - 20:06 PM
Having said that, it is important to adapt no matter how the environment changes.
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xyon14@gmail.com
24 May 2022 - 20:04 PM
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Looking at the main points, nothing in the "against" actually says we can't adapt.
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