The day’s sessions were to be three; the first three-and-a-half hours, the second only an hour and a half or so, and the third another three hours of being politically minded. During these sessions, many short speeches were given by the Netherlands on various topics, though near the end of the day the rate of these speeches slowed once topics ranged away from being an immediate topic for the Netherlands.
It was during this day of meeting, as well, that the thirty-some countries were split roughly in half between two draft resolutions; one acknowledging climate change and the other giving countries an out to refuse to do anything to actually combat desertification, land degradation, and any other resolution made therein.
The first session was, for the most part, a public discussing of numerous topics to set countries feelings and work towards convincing the room that your opinions were beneficial ones to agree with, which led to the Netherlands rapidly writing a great many speeches so that I could speak without pausing to think every few seconds.
The first half of the speeches made on day two will appear now, and the second half tomorrow.
CO2 Emissions:
“The Netherlands believes that one of the largest man-made contributions to climate change are the unchecked CO2 emissions (from fossil) that choke our atmosphere and worsen the effects of natural climate change by rapidly accelerating the clock, leading to a rampant rise in world-wide temperature which will increase the ferocity of natural disasters that target out nations indiscriminately. Incentives must be provided to ease the passage from fossil fuels to greener options, a move the Netherlands has made to impressive success. It can, and must, work. Nuclear energy is an option, but must be pursued with considerable care after previous events we know all too well, such as Chernobyl.”
Speech was a bit too long:
“Green energies are far less risky and more easily integrated into struggling, developing countries. Issues exists already with the proper storage of spent nuclear fuels that have damaged countries such as the United States in tragic occasions.”
Some topic:
“The Netherlands stresses that pursuing the use of fossil fuels in developing counties with a promise of moving away from such sources in the future is not an acceptable action to undertake in the current at-risk climate we have entered after years of unchecked use of fossil fuels. The actions of any one country will have deep, lasting effects on the rest of the world, regardless of the size of that country. We must set a standard going forward that will lead us all to a stronger future in which we can trust that our planet will supply us with further resource.”
Water Management – Never got read, was picked at for writing another speech.
“The Netherlands has and continues to lead the world in the strongest, most efficient, and best-designed water management systems, and are more than willing to support developing countries in laying a strong foundation, so long as clean energy practices are followed.”
Some topic:
“The Netherlands began, and continues, to utilize a method of green energy encouragement in the businesses within our borders by offering incentives to those groups willing to shift away from fossil fuels to clean energies that the government of the Netherlands has a direct hand in the advancement thereof. The Netherlands would recommend to any plan laid down by this committee that meaningful incentives that are more preferable to the advantages of fossil fuels be a cornerstone of such plans.”
That’s all the speeches for this segment; hope you enjoyed reading the on-the-spot writings of someone who realized that free-balling at a United Nations’ council might not be that good of an idea but ended up finding it within himself to speak without having every word cherry-picked beforehand.
Have yourself a lovely day, and see you tomorrow at eight AM for more!