Tournament: Loyola | Round: 2 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake OF | Judge: Richard Li
Climate Patents and Innovation high now and solving Warming but COVID waiver sets a dangerous precedent for appropriations - the mere threat is sufficient is enough to kill investment.
Brand 5-26, Melissa. "Trips Ip Waiver Could Establish Dangerous Precedent for Climate Change and Other Biotech Sectors." IPWatchdog.com | Patents and Patent Law, 26 May 2021, www.ipwatchdog.com/2021/05/26/trips-ip-waiver-establish-dangerous-precedent-climate-change-biotech-sectors/id=133964/. sid
The biotech industry is making remarkable advances towards climate change solutions, and it is
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is unlikely they will continue to invest at the current and required levels.
Private sector innovation is key to solve climate change – short term politicking and priority shifts means government can’t solve alone.
Henry 17, Simon. "Climate Change Cannot Be Solved by Governments Alone. How Can the Private Sector Help?" World Economic Forum, 21 Nov. 2017, www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/11/governments-alone-cannot-halt-climate-change-what-can-private-sector-do/. Programme Director, International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA) sid
Climate leadership is also an opportunity for many organizations, and this was the most
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to contribute to the solution to help secure the viability of their businesses.
Kareiva 18, Peter, and Valerie Carranza. "Existential risk due to ecosystem collapse: Nature strikes back." Futures 102 (2018): 39-50. (Ph.D. in ecology and applied mathematics from Cornell University, director of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA, Pritzker Distinguished Professor in Environment and Sustainability at UCLA)Re-cut by Elmer
In summary, six of the nine proposed planetary boundaries (phosphorous, nitrogen,
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complete scientific understanding when it comes to positive feedback loops and climate change.