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This section aims to help you with the preparation for the Karl Popper Debate Championship. It is also for those who would like to read more about the Mixed Team topic to get a head start for the second part of the Forum. Lastly it is also for people that generally interested in topic like climate change, ways of reducing carbon emissions and those that are interested in finding best ways to address youth violence!

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Click on the motion below to get to the articles for this particular topic. Every article is labeled with the reading difficulty level and includes a brief summary of the article. Both of these features should help you decide, which article to read.

Coaches will also find the section on lesson plans useful. Below please find the link for the lesson plan section, which is updated every week!

Those preparing for the KP Debate Championship will appreciate the arguments and pros/cons labeled articles from the Debatepedia portal!

Last of all you can also comment on all of these sections to ask our trainers for more explanation, their way of interpreting the articles and data and you can also question their opinions about this.

At least 10 new articles every week! Make use of it!

Find the resources for the KPDC motion 1: This house believes that, when in conflict, global climate change concerns should take precedence over economic development, in rapidly developing countries such as China, India, Brazil, and South Africa here

Find the resources for the KPDC motion 2: To combat climate change, nations should use cap and trade regulations rather than impose taxes on carbon emissions here

Find the resources for the Mixed Team tournament motionA just society prioritizes rehabilitation over retribution in its juvenile justice system here

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Debatepedia: pros and cons of global climate change debates!

Get inspired by the arguments and articles linked to various debates on climate change - including the KPDC motion 2! click here for more