The Debatewise Global Youth Panel to Dissect Events at COP15 and Debate the Consequences of Failure
Over 1000 young people from 130 countries are debating their country's standpoint on issues that were raised or unresolved at COP15 to gain a worldwide understanding of the consequences of climate change.
London, United Kingdom, January 29, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Following the successful first phase of the Global Youth Panel, where young people from all over the world debated events at COP15, Debatewise (www.debatewise.org) has launched the next phase of debates which takes on a whole new dimension. The panel of over 1000 15-35 year olds have the opportunity to highlight climate change issues in their country and debate the impact of decisions made in Copenhagen. In an added twist, panel members will also be asked to argue for or against an argument that goes “against the grain” as it were of public opinion in their country. For example, Brazilian panelists could be asked to argue that clean energy should be put before protection of the rainforests and Bangladeshis to argue they should not receive 15% of any climate change fund.
The aims of this phase is to help people who will most likely be affected by future climate change gain a greater understanding of the needs and interests of others in different countries. This will also encourage the panel to research different arguments and gain a better understanding of another viewpoint that they may initially disagree with. As with the first phase, the debates are taking place online using Google Wave, the only event in the world using this innovative new tool on such a vast scale.
David Crane, founder of Debatewise and the GYP, believes this phase will provide a real and unique perspective into how events at COP15 will directly affect the world’s youth. “This phase of the debates will take what happened at Copenhagen and will make it personal, real and local and gives it a context I believe is unique.” He added that although the conference is being viewed as a failure around the world, the GYP will serve an important purpose, “We believe this form of debate will motivate young people and encourage them to be more proactive and involved in the climate change issue, and to show world leaders that the world's youth are committed to fighting their indecisiveness. The mistakes and failings of the conference will be scrutinized from a global as well as individual countries point of view.”
This phase of debates started on 18th January 2010 and will run for approximately six weeks. There are three new debates per week which will focus on different issues that affect all regions of the globe. To view the debates so far from this and the previous phase, please visit http://gyp.debatewise.org/. To take part in the GYP, please contact David Crane at dc@debatewise.org
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Debatewise (http://www.debatewise.org) is an not for profit online debating site which aims to become the Wikipedia of debate. Anyone can start a debate on any subject they like and anyone can edit and strengthen that debate, this ensures that over time the strongest and most definitive arguments emerge and provide a highly valuable resource for anyone looking to make up their mind. Debatewise was founded in 2008 by David Crane and is currently based in the London internet hub of Hoxton in East London. Patrons include Michael Crick, Gabby Logan and Chris Heaton Harris.
Contact details Tel: 44 20 3393 7223 | 07956 292 567 | info@debatewise.com
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The aims of this phase is to help people who will most likely be affected by future climate change gain a greater understanding of the needs and interests of others in different countries. This will also encourage the panel to research different arguments and gain a better understanding of another viewpoint that they may initially disagree with. As with the first phase, the debates are taking place online using Google Wave, the only event in the world using this innovative new tool on such a vast scale.
David Crane, founder of Debatewise and the GYP, believes this phase will provide a real and unique perspective into how events at COP15 will directly affect the world’s youth. “This phase of the debates will take what happened at Copenhagen and will make it personal, real and local and gives it a context I believe is unique.” He added that although the conference is being viewed as a failure around the world, the GYP will serve an important purpose, “We believe this form of debate will motivate young people and encourage them to be more proactive and involved in the climate change issue, and to show world leaders that the world's youth are committed to fighting their indecisiveness. The mistakes and failings of the conference will be scrutinized from a global as well as individual countries point of view.”
This phase of debates started on 18th January 2010 and will run for approximately six weeks. There are three new debates per week which will focus on different issues that affect all regions of the globe. To view the debates so far from this and the previous phase, please visit http://gyp.debatewise.org/. To take part in the GYP, please contact David Crane at dc@debatewise.org
Company info:
Debatewise (http://www.debatewise.org) is an not for profit online debating site which aims to become the Wikipedia of debate. Anyone can start a debate on any subject they like and anyone can edit and strengthen that debate, this ensures that over time the strongest and most definitive arguments emerge and provide a highly valuable resource for anyone looking to make up their mind. Debatewise was founded in 2008 by David Crane and is currently based in the London internet hub of Hoxton in East London. Patrons include Michael Crick, Gabby Logan and Chris Heaton Harris.
Contact details Tel: 44 20 3393 7223 | 07956 292 567 | info@debatewise.com
Debatewise CIC
Scrutton Street
London EC2A 4PJ
UK
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