Position Paper Worksheet

Use this sheet to help you write your position paper.

Greeting: “Good morning/good afternoon delegates”

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How can we solve this problem? “_________________________________________________

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Ending: “Thank you. I yield my time to the chair.

Committee: General Assembly
Topic: Global Warming
Country: The Kingdom of Sweden
Delegates: *****************

Position Paper

Global warming’s effects and influence on the global climate is visible all around us
now. As time has passed in the past century, Arctic ice has begun to gradually melt
and sea levels have started to rise. If this situation continues, then low-lying island
nations such as Vanuatu and Maldives will sink into the sea and will simply
disappear.

Also, climate is changing in many parts of the world because of global warming.
For example, acid rain damaging soils and forests, particularly in our country, serious
droughts in Australia, and abnormal weather patterns all over the world. These
things are not naturally occurring phenomena – they were caused by human actions.
Our nation is addressing global warming on a domestic level. For example, we are
separating household waste and recycling as much as we can, and are imposing taxes
on CO2 emissions. Out carbon dioxide emissions are 0.4% of the global total.

We are raising public awareness of the environmental problems they will face in
the future, and we hope that our people will address this issue. But individual
nations cannot succeed – the only way to secure our future is if we can get a
consensus of nations to take action to reduce these effects. Humans caused this
problem and ultimately they must address and deal with it.

We must, as global citizens, address this problem actively. Thank you.