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Cut USAID Climate Change Aid-Neg

INDEX:
Cut USAID Climate Change Aid-Neg...........................................................................................1

Counter Goal/criterion...................................................................................................................3
Wellbeing of persons:............................................................................................................................................3
Topicality.........................................................................................................................................3
Standard 1) Field contextualism............................................................................................................................3
Standard 2) Original Intent....................................................................................................................................3
Solvency..........................................................................................................................................4
No fiat....................................................................................................................................................................4
Impact 1)................................................................................................................................................................4
Impact 2)................................................................................................................................................................4
Inherency........................................................................................................................................4
Analysis.................................................................................................................................................................4
Economic development is not at odds with carbon reduction, in fact, climate aid helps both..............................4
Here’s what the money from USAID Climate aid goes toward:...........................................................................4
USAID’s definition of Climate change adaptation...............................................................................................5
Aid is also used to combat the “Effects of climate change” .................................................................................5
Disadvantages.................................................................................................................................5
Energy insecurity...................................................................................................................................5
Link/ DA magnifier) Energy demand is about to skyrocket for developing nations............................................5
USAID Climate aid increases energy efficiency, renewable energy, and access to technology...........................5
USAID Climate aid goes toward increasing energy efficiency.............................................................................6
USAID Climate aid saves lives from pollution by decreasing toxic vehicle emissions.......................................6
USAID Climate aid helps provides housing, energy, and hot water to households that otherwise couldn’t
afford it, while reducing risks from pollution.......................................................................................................6
Impact 1) Job losses (Text only, it’s pretty obvious)............................................................................................7
Impact 2) More death from oil and coal consumption..........................................................................................7
Destroyed education opportunities.......................................................................................................7
USAID climate aid money goes toward giving members of developing nations training and education in
technology, economics, and other fields...............................................................................................................7
Harmed relations...................................................................................................................................7
Link) USAID Climate aid builds trust with developing nations...........................................................................7
Internal Link) Aff plan removes this Aid (text only)............................................................................................7
Impact) Nations distrust us (text only, use soft power DA cards).........................................................................7
Deforestation and Biodiversity losses...................................................................................................8
In Africa USAID climate aid helps reduce deforestation and protect biodiversity...............................................8
In Russia USAID climate aid protects forests and biodiversity and helps create alternative energy, (which
creates jobs) without USAID climate aid these would be threatened or non existent .........................................8
Political and economic developmental collapse...................................................................................8
Developing nations need the aid to avoid collapse...............................................................................................8
Starvation...............................................................................................................................................9
Link) USAID helps warn nations of famine and disease and avoid them.............................................................9
USAID climate aid helps protect soil fertility, vegetation, and biodiversity in over 120 million hectares
worldwide (which BTW is over 296 million acres or over 460,000 square miles)...............................................9
In Africa USAID climate aid helps improve soil fertility and increase crop yields..............................................9
Empirically: Decreased supply raises prices.........................................................................................................9
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Shortfalls in supply will lead to higher food prices.............................................................................................10

Blips in food prices kill millions and increase global poverty (from NFL backfiles).........................................10
High food prices endanger the lives of 3 billion people (from NFL backfiles)..................................................10
Impact) You’re playing Russian roulette with billions of human lives, that’s not worth it (text only)..............10
Job losses and Poverty.........................................................................................................................10
Poverty is a big problem (from NFL backfiles)..................................................................................................10
Unemployment increases property crime ...........................................................................................................10
Decreased quality of life and Death....................................................................................................10
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Counter Goal/criterion
Wellbeing of persons:
When I use this phrase, I do not merely mean comfort or wealth, rather protection of the wellbeing of a
person is the ensuring that their life is treated as valuable.
This includes things like making sure that the ‘unalienable rights’ of all humans are not restricted. Harm
to life, health, and liberty are a few ways that a person’s wellbeing could be harmed. This is the goal that
all systems are instituted for. This value encompasses limited or complete forms of all other values,
including safety, national security, life, liberty, natural rights, justice, etc. The right to wellbeing is a right
that can not be given by any man, it is given by God, but it can be suppressed and even taken away by
men. Unless we protect the right to wellbeing for people, there would be no reason to value or have life,
liberty, safety, or any other rights.
The reason to prefer this goal over the affirmative’s is simple, you can regain a dollar, but you
can’t regain a lost human life.
So even if the affirmative can prove that they would save money you should still vote negative
because human life and welfare are a better goal to strive for.
Topicality
(Note: Use generic topicality press for outline/impacts)
Standard 1) Field contextualism

They have to change our federal governments environmental policy, but what is that?
When you want to know what something is you should go to the experts in a given field:
Definition of Environmental Policy: The official rules or regulations concerning the

environment adopted, implemented, and enforced by some governmental agency. “Environmental
Science: A Global Concern”, 7th Edition authored by: William P. Cunningham PHD, University of Minnesota,
Mary Ann Cunningham PHD, Vassar College, and Barbara Woodworth PHD Saigo, St. Cloud State University.
Standard 2) Original Intent

The NCFCA alternates between foreign and domestic policy resolution every other year, this
year is a year where we are supposed to study internal domestic policy
Standard 3) Limits, Limits are good

a) Limits give us more topic-specific education. Limiting the topic allows for better topic-specific
education and depth in argumentation by allowing us to focus on a few cases and learn the ins-and-outs
about this particular area instead of just a light “salting” of everything.
b) Not having limits explodes the topic / unfair research burden. If there were 100 cases being run this
year, neg would have too many cases to prep for, which would be a very unfair research burden on all
negative teams. Having limits keeps the number of unique cases in check, which distills the topic into
something manageable allowing for more depth in argumentation.
Violation 1) They are arguing foreign policy; this blows out the resolutions limits
Violation 2) They are dealing with funding, not rules and regulations,
(This will cross apply under solvency because they have no fiat power over anything but
domestic, rules and regulations concerning the environment)
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Solvency
No fiat
For the purpose of debate the affirmative is given what we call fiat power, basically we assume
that the affirmative teams plan would pass in the real world, but they only have fiat power within
the resolution (over rules and regulations concerning the environment)
Thus they have no fiat power over where the money goes after they quit funding it, cause that’s
not an environmental policy, so what’s the impact?
Impact 1)
Well first off, they have no fiat power to cut these programs since they aren’t domestic, rules and
regulations concerning the environment, and secondly:
Impact 2)
The money will just go to another wasteful program thus they can’t achieve fiscal responsibility
Inherency
Analysis
Even if you don’t think that these things are caused by climate change USAID does, so they are
funding these efforts through the Climate Change Aid that the affirmative is trying to end. Thus
if they were told to end all climate change aid that would mean ending all these projects, along
with their benefits, additionally, these efforts actually help the economies of developing nations.
(Note: all the following evidence came from the Climate Change Aid portion of USAID’s website, thus
if USAID was told to cut all it’s “climate change aid” this is what it would cut)
Economic development is not at odds with carbon reduction, in fact, climate aid helps both
USAID February 19, 2009 “Global Climate Change: Clean Energy Technology”
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/climate/policies_prog/ghg.html
Because economic and social development are high priorities for developing countries, the
activities that USAID supports are part of an integrated strategy that encourages development
while addressing the causes and effects of climate change. USAID supports multiple-benefit efforts by
providing tools, information, and technical assistance to stakeholders in partner countries throughout the world. The
complexity of the problem requires an approach that addresses numerous sectors at varying scales, from industry to
the individual. The application of new technologies and practices offers the prospect for continued economic growth
with reduced GHG emissions. Recognizing that leaner productivity and greater efficiency are critical for economic
success, USAID will continue supporting the commercialization, dissemination, and adoption of environmentally
sound technologies. Moving forward, the goal will be to attract more private investment in technologies that meet
development needs and reduce GHG emissions.
Here’s what the money from USAID Climate aid goes toward:
USAID February 01, 2010 “Global Climate Change Program”
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/climate/index.html
To help countries address domestic and international climate change priorities, USAID’s Global
Climate Change (GCC) Program dedicates about $195 million a year to promote:
 Clean Energy Technology
 Sustainable Land Use and Forestry
 Adapting to Climate Variability and Change
 Capacity Building
 Climate Science for Decision-Making
(Note that these are the article links that most of the cards in this brief are from, you can tell
which one by the article heading in the source citation.)
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USAID’s definition of Climate change adaptation

USAID February 19, 2009 “Global Climate Change: Adapting to Climate Variability and Change”
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/climate/policies_prog/vulnerability.html
Adaptation refers to efforts to cope with the impacts of current climate variability and future
climate change. Rising temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, shifts in seasons, and
rising seas are some of the expected manifestations of climate change. Resulting impacts on
water resources, coastal zones, agricultural productivity, and the ranges of diseases could affect
both human and ecological systems.
Aid is also used to combat the “Effects of climate change”

USAID February 01, 2010 “Global Climate Change Program”
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/climate/index.html
Addressing the causes and effects of climate change has been a key focus of USAID’s
development assistance for over a decade. USAID has funded environmental programs that have
reduced growth in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while promoting energy efficiency, forest
conservation, biodiversity, and other development goals. This ‘multiple benefits’ approach to
climate change helps developing and transition countries achieve economic development without
sacrificing environmental protection. Active in more than 40 developing and transition countries, the
program integrates climate change into the broad range of USAID’s development assistance activities. USAID
places particular emphasis on partnerships with the private sector and on working with local and national authorities,
communities, and nongovernmental organizations to create alliances that build on the relative strengths of each.
Bringing together a diverse range of stakeholders helps avoid unnecessary duplication and lays the foundation for a
sustained, integrated approach. Through training, tools, and other means of capacity building, USAID helps
developing and transition countries address climate-related concerns as a part of their development goals.
Disadvantages
Energy insecurity
Link/ DA magnifier) Energy demand is about to skyrocket for developing nations
Today, approximately 2 billion people in the developing world do not have access to electricity.
As they gain access, they will increase the developing world’s demand for energy, which is
already expected to more than double in the next 25 years
USAID Climate aid increases energy efficiency, renewable energy, and access to technology
USAID undertakes activities in the urban, industrial, and transport areas of the energy sector
with the goal of promoting sustainable development and building technical expertise in the
application of climate-friendly technologies. USAID seeks to build capacity to support technical
improvements in energy and industrial efficiency, renewable energy, methane capture, and clean
technologies while facilitating private sector investment, access to technologies, and policy
reform. Through these activities, USAID has helped avoid the equivalent of over 15 million metric tons of CO2
emissions over the past five years.
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USAID Climate aid goes toward increasing energy efficiency

USAID has an extensive portfolio of climate change mitigation activities in India, currently the
sixth highest generator of GHGs and the second fastest-growing emitter after China. This is due
in large part to India’s inefficient energy sector, which is responsible for approximately half of the
country’s total carbon emissions. With USAID support, the Center for Power Efficiency and
Environment Protection (CenPEEP) was created to improve the operating efficiency of coal-fired
power plants. CenPEEP implements efficiency measures that increase the generation capacity of
power plants while reducing the amount of fuel consumed per unit of output. Efficiency
improvements allow Indian power plants to increase the supply of much-needed electricity while
reducing negative impacts on the environment. CenPEEP’s work, coupled with USAID’s contributions in
demand-side management and renewable energy use, has helped avoid over 7.4 million tons of carbon dioxide
equivalents cumulatively since 1997 and has resulted in substantial fuel savings that have reduced the price of
electricity for end users. A cleaner, more reliable electricity supply is one way in which USAID is
promoting economic development in India while improving environmental quality.
USAID Climate aid saves lives from pollution by decreasing toxic vehicle emissions
Growth in motor vehicle use, and therefore transportation-related GHG emissions, is taking place
at a more rapid pace in developing countries than in the rest of the world. While petroleum
consumption in industrialized countries is growing at 1% per year, it is growing by 6% in Africa, Asia, and Latin
America. A by-product of fossil fuel combustion is local air pollution, which leads to as many as 4
(1)
million premature deaths each year in developing countries. According to the International
Energy Agency, a bus replaces anywhere from 10 to 40 other motorized vehicles, regardless of
whether it is “clean” or “dirty.” Encouraging governments to invest in public transportation and convincing
riders to use buses and other forms of mass transit are some of the best strategies for providing efficient, sustainable
transportation and reducing CO2 emissions from vehicles. USAID’s activities to limit the growth of
transportation-related GHG emissions have resulted in the implementation of a number of
sustainable transportation systems. Jakarta, Indonesia, for example, established the first bus rapid transit
(BRT) system in Asia, while India has implemented non-motorized transport through the modernization of
rickshaws and has secured government approval to develop a BRT in New Delhi. In Senegal, USAID supported the
development of an integrated BRT and bikeways plan for Dakar. Such sustainable urban transportation
systems not only alleviate traffic congestion, they lead to reductions in emissions of air
pollutants that cause respiratory and other health problems as well as global climate change.
USAID Climate aid helps provides housing, energy, and hot water to households that
otherwise couldn’t afford it, while reducing risks from pollution.
Recognizing that energy is one of the major expenditures for poor families living in urban
townships, USAID promotes the use of low-cost solar water heating units in South Africa. Solar
water heaters significantly reduce household energy consumption and costs while providing hot
water to households that could not otherwise afford it. The goal of this program is to promote the
installation of solar water heater systems by public housing authorities, thus reducing the cost of
housing, power, and other municipal services while reducing health risks and improving the
quality of life in South African townships. When aggregated across a township, the energy savings of solar
water heaters also result in significant reductions in indoor air pollution and GHG emissions. National interest in
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solar water heating for low-income households has surged, and as a result, plans are underway to encourage
replication of this work by more housing authorities across South Africa.
Impact 1) Job losses (Text only, it’s pretty obvious)
Impact 2) More death from oil and coal consumption

Developing nation specific stats (4 million/year) are in the fourth card under energy inefficiency
“USAID Climate aid saves lives from pollution by decreasing toxic vehicle emissions”
Destroyed education opportunities

USAID climate aid money goes toward giving members of developing nations training and
education in technology, economics, and other fields
USAID April 03, 2009 “Global Climate Change: Capacity Building”
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/climate/policies_prog/capacity.html
In response to the broad range of needs expressed by developing and transition countries,
USAID’s Global Climate Change Program is helping to address climate change concerns by
integrating capacity building into its sectoral activities through education, training and outreach
activities. USAID has sponsored workshops and training seminars in over 40 countries
throughout the world, providing developing and transition countries with the knowledge and
skills to address climate change and meet their responsibilities under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Training has addressed the development and transfer of technologies;
vulnerability and adaptation to climate impacts; monitoring and evaluation of GHG emissions; and the economics of
climate change. In all of these areas, the Agency has placed particular emphasis on partnerships with the private
sector and on working with local and national authorities, communities, and NGOs to create alliances that build
upon the relative strengths of each. Training and technical assistance programs often support
demonstration activities that strengthen in-country capacity, as well as promote strategic
partnerships, education and outreach, technology cooperation and research.
Harmed relations
Link) USAID Climate aid builds trust with developing nations
USAID April 03, 2009 “Global Climate Change: Capacity Building”
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/climate/policies_prog/capacity.html
USAID’s unique network of in-country field missions creates a long-term presence that serves to
build trust between the United States and in-country partners, from government officials to local
citizens.
Internal Link) Aff plan removes this Aid (text only)
Impact) Nations distrust us (text only, use soft power DA cards)
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Deforestation and Biodiversity losses

In Africa USAID climate aid helps reduce deforestation and protect biodiversity
USAID March 27, 2009 “Global Climate Change: Sustainable Land Use and Forestry”
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/climate/policies_prog/carbon.html
Through its activities in biodiversity conservation, improved forest management, and sustainable
agriculture, USAID has programs in more than 25 countries that increase, maintain, or reduce the
rate of loss of carbon stocks. [They go on to say in the same context]
In Africa, the Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE) focuses efforts in 11
specific landscapes located across the Congo Basin, which holds massive expanses of closed
canopy tropical forest. The region is threatened by unsustainable timber exploitation, shifting
cultivation, urban expansion, and decades of human conflict. In addition to providing other
valuable ecosystem services, the large forested area of the Congo Basin serves as a globally
important carbon stock. CARPE’s principal goal is to reduce the rate of forest degradation and
loss of biodiversity through increased local, national, and regional natural resource management. Key activities
include protected area management, natural resources management planning, improved logging policies, sustainable
forest use by local inhabitants, and improved environmental governance. USAID’s efforts in this region have
helped to establish the recently announced Congo Basin Forest Partnership, which has resulted in
agreements among six Central African countries to implement activities spanning an area of 67
million hectares.
In Russia USAID climate aid protects forests and biodiversity and helps create alternative
energy, (which creates jobs) without USAID climate aid these would be threatened
or non existent
The Russian Far East and Siberia account for approximately 22 percent of the world’s forests.
They provide habitat for endangered species, represent an important economic resource, and
serve as a globally significant carbon sink. They are threatened, however, by uncontrolled forest
fires, pest outbreaks, illegal logging, and poor harvesting practices. USAID’s Forestry Resources
and Technologies (FOREST) project [Part of USAID’s Global Climate Change program, see title of article]
works to protect forests through pest management, fire prevention campaigns, promotion of non-
timber forest products, and biomass energy development. USAID is also working with the Ministry of
Natural Resources on forest planning, inventory and monitoring, fire ecology research, reforestation, and forest
policy development. The results of these efforts have increased Russia’s capacity to predict and
control forest pest outbreaks as well as to implement a successful fire prevention campaign modeled
after the “Smokey Bear” effort in the United States. The FOREST project has also demonstrated the
viability of biomass as an alternative energy source by installing four facilities in the Russian Far
East and Siberia and bringing economic, social, and environmental benefits to the region.
(Note: Impact this card under energy insecurity also)
Political and economic developmental collapse
Developing nations need the aid to avoid collapse
Developing countries are particularly vulnerable to environmental, political, and socio-economic
change. Even small disruptions can alter progress toward essential development goals. In
economies and societies that heavily depend on natural resources, short and long-term changes in climate can
challenge the long-term sustainability of development advances. Resources that must be diverted to
recovering from climate-related damages cannot be dedicated to other sustainable development
goals
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Starvation
Link) USAID helps warn nations of famine and disease and avoid them
Climate and weather information can be applied to avoid acute crises. USAID supports early
warning systems that integrate seasonal and inter-annual climatic information and local,
stakeholder understanding of conditions to forecast potential crises. The most advanced system is
the Famine Early Warning System (FEWS-NET), currently operating in 27 countries in Africa,
Asia, and South America. FEWS-NET analyzes remotely sensed data and ground-based
meteorological, crop, and rangeland observations to track the progress of the rainy seasons in
semi-arid regions in order to identify early indications of potential famine. It also works to
strengthen capacity, inform decision-makers, and develop policy-relevant information in the
regions where it is operating. The FEWS-NET Web site serves as a gateway of information
about threats and updates on response measures. Still in their trial stages are a malaria,
meningitis, and pest early warning systems.
USAID climate aid helps protect soil fertility, vegetation, and biodiversity in over 120
million hectares worldwide (which BTW is over 296 million acres or over 460,000 square
miles)
Through its activities in biodiversity conservation, improved forest management, and sustainable
agriculture, USAID has programs in more than 25 countries that increase, maintain, or reduce the
rate of loss of carbon stocks. These efforts help mitigate climate change by “soaking up” carbon dioxide that
has been emitted to the atmosphere. They also help reduce the vulnerability of ecosystems to the potential impacts of
climate change. Reduced-impact logging of forests minimizes loss of vegetative cover, which helps
stabilize the soil and prevent it from eroding away during rain and windstorms. For agricultural
activities, reduced tillage and contour planting lead to an increase in soil organic carbon and
therefore in soil fertility, which helps increase food security for agrarian societies in developing
countries. Across its forestry, biodiversity, and sustainable agriculture programs, USAID has
initiated activities that protect carbon stocks in more than 120 million hectares around the world.
In Africa USAID climate aid helps improve soil fertility and increase crop yields
Carbon sequestration efforts are also underway on the degraded lands in the Sahel region of
West Africa. In the upper valley of the Niger River in Mali, USAID has introduced agricultural
practices to help farmers improve soil fertility, increase crop yields, and reduce the need to clear
new lands.
Empirically: Decreased supply raises prices

The USDA Economic Research Service July 2008 “Global Agricultural Supply and Demand: Factors
Contributing to the Recent Increase in Food Commodity Prices”
http://ftp.cme.com/trading/commodities/files/WRS0801.pdf
The combination of reduced supplies from traditional exporters and increased demand from
importers, at a time when the global stocks-to-use ratio was unusually low, increased importers’ concerns about
future availabilities to meet consumption needs. This boosted world market prices even more. These
contributions to higher world prices in April 2008 exacerbated an already tight supply and
demand situation.
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Shortfalls in supply will lead to higher food prices

The USDA Economic Research Service July 2008 “Global Agricultural Supply and Demand: Factors
Contributing to the Recent Increase in Food Commodity Prices” http://ftp.cme.com/trading/commodities/files/WRS0801.pdf
With such low world stocks of food commodities, food prices are vulnerable to a production
shortfall in one or more major production areas. If a significant shortfall occurs this year due to
weather or disease, food prices might continue to rise sharply
Blips in food prices kill millions and increase global poverty (from NFL backfiles)
Economics professor Michel Chossudovsky, May 2008 (University of Ottawa, Center for Research on Globalization)
With large sectors of the World population already well below the poverty line, the short-term
hike in the prices of food staples is devastating. Millions of people around the World are unable
to purchase food for their survival. These hikes are contributing in a very real sense to
"eliminating the poor" through "starvation deaths". In the words of Henry Kissinger: "Control oil and
you control nations; control food and you control the people."
High food prices endanger the lives of 3 billion people (from NFL backfiles)
Lester Brown (President – Earth Policy Institute, 2005, People and the Planet, “Falling Water Tables 'Could Hit
Food Supply'”, 2-7 http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=2424]
Many Americans see terrorism as the principal threat to security, but for much of humanity, the effect
of water shortages and rising temperatures on food security are far more important issues. For the 3
billion people who live on 2 dollars a day or less and who spend up to 70 per cent of their income
on food, even a modest rise in food prices can quickly become life-threatening. For them, it is the
next meal that is the overriding concern."
Impact) You’re playing Russian roulette with billions of human lives, that’s not worth it
(text only)
Job losses and Poverty
Many of these DA’s lead to job losses and poverty, which are both big problems.
Poverty is a big problem (from NFL backfiles)
Harvard Professor Gilligan,(Harvard Professor, Phd Psychiatry) 1998 (Cited by Mumia “A Quiet and Deadly
Violence”) http://www.iacenter.org/violence.htm
[E]very fifteen years, on the average, as many people die because of relative poverty as would be
killed in a nuclear war that caused 232 million deaths; and every single year, two to three times
as many people die from poverty throughout the world as were killed by the Nazi genocide of the
Jews over a six-year period. This is, in effect, the equivalent of an ongoing, unending, in fact
accelerating, thermonuclear war, or genocide on the weak and poor every year of every decade,
throughout the world.
Unemployment increases property crime
Ming-Jen Lin (Member of Department of Economics National Taiwan University) “Does Unemployment Increase
Crime?: Evidence from U.S. Data 1974–2000” published by the University of Wisconsin Press “Journal of Human
Resources”. Volume 43 (2008) http://ideas.repec.org/a/uwp/jhriss/v43y2008i2p413-436.html
We find a one-percentage-point increase in unemployment would increase property crime by 1.8
percent under the OLS method, but that the elasticity goes up to 4 percent under 2SLS. The
larger 2SLS effect has significant policy implications because it explains 30 percent of the
property crime change during the 1990s.
Decreased quality of life and Death
You may notice that as a result of removing these programs that fall under Climate Change Aid
many lives and livelihoods will be lost, I refer you back to our counter goal; saving money is not
worth the sacrifice of all those lives dependent on it.
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Standard 1) Field contextualism

Definition of Environmental Policy: The official rules or regulations concerning the

Standard 2) Original Intent

Standard 3) Limits, Limits are good

USAID’s definition of Climate change adaptation

Aid is also used to combat the “Effects of climate change”

USAID Climate aid goes toward increasing energy efficiency

Impact 1) Job losses (Text only, it’s pretty obvious)

Impact 2) More death from oil and coal consumption

Destroyed education opportunities

Internal Link) Aff plan removes this Aid (text only)

Impact) Nations distrust us (text only, use soft power DA cards)

Deforestation and Biodiversity losses

Empirically: Decreased supply raises prices

Shortfalls in supply will lead to higher food prices

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