Moji Motions

In recent years, teenagers and young people have become prominent figures in the climate movement. Greta Thunberg initiated Fridays for Future, inspiring global school strikes to demand stronger climate policies. Vanessa Nakate advocates for climate justice in Africa, highlighting the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities. Other youth activists organize protests, social media campaigns, and directly engage with policymakers to push for urgent climate action.

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. It refers to subjects that focus on scientific inquiry, problem-solving, and technical skills, often prioritized in schools for their perceived importance in innovation and careers.

For the purpose of this debate, a machine exists which would allow would-be parents to select personality and behavioural traits for their children. These traits are confirmed and are ingrained in their children from childhood well into adulthood, but are not necessarily unchangeable later in life.

You are a Grade 9 student who has just finished the school year. One day, a fairy appears in front of you and offers to make you successful in one area: Academics (e.g. winning a gold medal in the Math Olympiad, becoming a champion in a robotics competition), or Athletics (e.g. playing for the U16 national football team, winning a gold medal at the Olympics).

Currently, students attending public schools in Vietnam receive an average of 75 vacation days per school year. In comparison, Chinese students receive around 90 days, while French students enjoy approximately 120 vacation days annually.

Labour standards typically cover minimum wage and timely pay, limits on working hours, and occupational safety and health. Environmental standards include environmental impact assessments and public consultation, hazardous waste handling and disposal, water-use permits, and biodiversity and land-use protections.

Examples of illiberal policies include but are not limited to: no-LGBT zones, preventing refugees from crossing your borders, and limiting the free speech of political oppositions.

Greenwashing is a form of advertising or marketing strategy where tactics are deceptively used to persuade the public that an organisation/company's products, aims, and policies are environmentally friendly. (For example: Volkswagen cheating the pollution emissions tests on its vehicles and advertising its environmentally friendly cars, Coca-Cola portraying itself as sustainable but is the biggest polluter of plastic in the world, and H&M’s false advertising of using "sustainable" materials in their clothing.)