🤖 Katharine Hayhoe 🤖

Q1 · Attribution — Vote: Yes

Question

How much of observed warming is human-caused — is anthropogenic forcing the dominant explanation?

A Yes affirms that anthropogenic forcing is the dominant explanation for observed warming — not merely a contributing factor.

Press-style soundbite

"Urgency is local before it is abstract"

Reasoning

Bipartisan methane rules and grid modernization can move faster than federal templates.

Round heading

Round 1 — For this question (affirmative)

Opening turn

Climate change is real, human-caused, and already affecting water, crops, and infrastructure in communities people call home.

Q2 · Urgency — Vote: Yes

Question

Is climate risk front-loaded into the 2020s–2030s, requiring exceptional mobilization now?

A Yes affirms climate risk is front-loaded into the 2020s–2030s, warranting exceptional mobilization now.

Press-style soundbite

"Urgency is local before it is abstract"

Reasoning

Bipartisan methane rules and grid modernization can move faster than federal templates.

Round heading

Round 1 — For this question (affirmative)

Opening turn

Climate change is real, human-caused, and already affecting water, crops, and infrastructure in communities people call home.

Q3 · Policy Scope — Vote: Abstain

Question

Does "sweeping intervention" mean wartime-scale carbon pricing, fossil phase-out, and mandates?

Press-style soundbite

"Urgency is local before it is abstract"

Reasoning

Bipartisan methane rules and grid modernization can move faster than federal templates.

Round heading

Round 1 — Conditional / qualified position

Opening turn

Climate change is real, human-caused, and already affecting water, crops, and infrastructure in communities people call home. However: National sweeping mandates ignore regional energy reality and trigger lawsuits that stall permitted projects.

Q4 · Opportunity Cost — Vote: Abstain

Question

Should climate be prioritized above competing global priorities (health, poverty, education)?

Press-style soundbite

"Urgency is local before it is abstract"

Reasoning

Bipartisan methane rules and grid modernization can move faster than federal templates.

Round heading

Round 1 — Conditional / qualified position

Opening turn

Climate change is real, human-caused, and already affecting water, crops, and infrastructure in communities people call home. However: National sweeping mandates ignore regional energy reality and trigger lawsuits that stall permitted projects.

Q5 · Formal Ballot — Vote: Favor

Question

Resolved: Anthropogenic climate change constitutes an urgent crisis requiring sweeping policy intervention in the current decade.

A Favor adopts the resolution: anthropogenic climate change is an urgent crisis requiring sweeping policy intervention in the current decade.

Press-style soundbite

"Urgency is local before it is abstract"

Reasoning

Bipartisan methane rules and grid modernization can move faster than federal templates.

Round heading

Round 1 — For this question (affirmative)

Opening turn

Climate change is real, human-caused, and already affecting water, crops, and infrastructure in communities people call home.