The United States federal government should substantially increase its climate cooperation with the People’s Republic of China.
Advantages/Harms (with explanation): Securitization: discursive construction of China as a threat guarantees war.
Global warming: lack of follow through mechanisms for the Paris Agreement means that global warming will happen and will cause extinction.
Solvency Mechanisms: Working collaboratively with China shifts US international relations away from securitizing paradigms.
Cooperation with China over technology, regulations, and international emissions standards following the Paris Agreement solves global warming.
1AC Cite List: Hart et al 16 Melanie Hart is a Senior Fellow and Director of China Policy at American Progress, Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Peter Ogden is a Senior Fellow at American Progress, served on the White House Domestic Policy Council as senior director for energy and climate change and at the State Department as chief of staff to the special envoy for climate change, Kelly Sims Gallagher is a Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy at The Fletcher School, Tufts University (Melanie, Pete, and Kelly Sims, "Green Finance: The Next Frontier for U.S.-China Climate Cooperation," Center for American Progress, 6/13/16, https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/report/2016/06/13/139276/green-finance-the-next-frontier-for-u-s-china-climate-cooperation/)
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Climate: Solorio
Exact Plan Text or Advocacy Statement:
The United States federal government should substantially increase its engagement with the People's Republic of China by bilaterally cooperating to mobilize financing for green technology
Description of Advantages/Harms (with explanation):
Agriculture: Agriculture loss collapses civilization and causes extinction
Air Pollution: Air Pollution collapses water supply, causes starvation and suffering
Biodiversity: Biodiversity loss is a threat multiplier and causes extinction
Slow Violence: Climate change perpetrates "slow violence" – hurts the most vulnerable populations and discounts those who can`t prove their worth in economic terms
Description of Solvency Mechanisms:
The plan mobilizes financing for US and China to meet their Paris pledges, expands the level of bilateral cooperation, and spills over to help green financing in other countries.
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Malsin, Professor of Climatology @ UCL 15, (London's Global University, Mark Maslin, 11-30-2015, "Six reasons that scientists are sure that global warming is happening," Independent, http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/six-reasons-that-scientists-are-sure-that-global-warming-is-happening-a6753996.html )
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