[DRAFT] Strategic Environmental Assessment System

[Blyskalia]

This is Draft 3, my other drafts can be seen in the spoiler below:

Category: Education and Creativity
Area of effect: Eduction

The General Assembly,

Recognizing the importance of the climate which is shared in trust between all nations,

Intending to create a structured environmental data system aiming to ensure that environmental and other sustainable projects are considered effectively in policy, plan, and program making.

Hereby,

1. Establishes the Strategic Environmental Assessment System, also known as SEAS, which will be tasked with:

a. Gathering existing relevant climatic and environmental information (herein referred to simply as "information") from Member States,

b. Conducting original climatic and environmental research regarding:

i. Current and potential future environmental hazards, especially hazards related to global air pollution/quality,

ii. Potential improvements that can be made to Member State's general environmental policy and specifically towards air quality controls and hazards,

iii. The efficacy of sustainability programs which may already be underway in a Member State,

iv. The environmental impact of proposed public projects or developments within a Member State,

c. Systematizing information into comprehensive Environmental Assessment Reports, or EAR's, which shall:

i. Provide Member States:

1. Recommendations for future sustainable development with several longitudinal outlooks measuring potential air quality and ecological contaminants based on pursued policy initiatives,

2. Warnings regarding harmful environmental hazards,

3. A report on the efficacy of current sustainability projects,

d. Creating publicly available Environmental Research Reports, or ERR's, which are generalized reports meant for universal consumption by all Member States for the purpose of advancing general knowledge in climatic and environmental research,

2. Urges all Member States provide to SEAS any existing research or data which is both declassified/public in nature AND deemed by SEAS to be valuable to the formulation of EAR or ERR reports,

3. Permits non-governmental scientific research groups to contribute environmental research in the organization phase of the formulation of EAR and/or ERR reports with the understanding that they may negotiate compensation for the licensing of such material to SEAS,

4. Mandates all reports are published free of charge,

5. Permits Member States to restrict public access to their respective EAR reports on an unconditional basis,

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Category: Education and Creativity
Area of effect: Eduction

The General Assembly,

Recognizing the importance of the climate which is shared in trust between all nations,

Intending to create a structured environmental data system aiming to ensure that environmental and other sustainable projects are considered effectively in policy, plan, and program making.

Hereby,

1. Defines "structured environmental data" herein referred to as "data", as raw information relating to the environment, climate, and clearly measurable environmental changes,

a. Defines "raw information" as basic environmental data that is easily obtained through routine measurement,

2. Establishes the Strategic Environmental Assessment System, herein referred to as "SEAS", which is tasked with:

a. The collection, organization, synthesis, and delivery of packaged environmental data for the purpose of,

b. Preparing for all member states, a structured, rigorous, participative, open, and transparent SEAS report,

i. The information which will be collected and utilized in the formation of SEAS reports are:

1. Temperature, wind speeds, humidity, water toxicity, air pollution, soil composition, tidal current mapping, jet stream patterns, and hazardous weather incidences,

c. Making publically available environmental research collected to promote the general welfare of nations, to create and maintain conditions under which member states and nature can exist in productive harmony,

3. Mandates member states submit to SEAS any environmental or climate information which can be used in the compilation of SEAS reports,

4. Permits non-governmental scientific research groups to contribute environmental research in the organization phase of the formulation of SEAS report with the understanding that they may negotiate compensation for the transfer of ownership of such material to SEAS,

5. Requires all SEAS reports be released free of charge to member states,

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This is Draft 2, my first draft can be seen in the spoiler below:

Category: Education and Creativity
Area of effect: Eduction

The General Assembly,

Recognizing the importance of the climate which is shared in trust between all nations,

Intending to create a structured environmental data system aiming to ensure that environmental and other sustainable projects are considered effectively in policy, plan, and program making.

Hereby,

1. Establishes the Strategic Environmental Assessment System, also known as SEAS, which will be tasked with:

a. Gathering existing relevant climatic and environmental information (herein referred to simply as "information") from Member States,

b. Conducting original climatic and environmental research regarding:

i. Current and potential future environmental hazards,

ii. Potential improvements that can be made to Member State's environmental policy,

iii. The efficacy of sustainability programs which may already be underway in a Member State,

iv. The environmental impact of proposed public projects or developments within a Member State,

c. Systematizing information into comprehensive Environmental Assessment Reports, or EAR's, which shall:

i. Provide Member States:

1. Recommendations for future sustainable development,

2. Warnings regarding harmful environmental hazards,

3. A report on the efficacy of current sustainability projects,

d. Creating publicly available Environmental Research Reports, or ERR's, which are generalized reports meant for universal consumption by all Member States for the purpose of advancing general knowledge in climatic and environmental research,

2. Urges all Member States provide to SEAS any existing research or data which is both declassified/public in nature AND deemed by SEAS to be valuable to the formulation of EAR or ERR reports,

3. Permits non-governmental scientific research groups to contribute environmental research in the organization phase of the formulation of EAR and/or ERR reports with the understanding that they may negotiate compensation for the licensing of such material to SEAS,

4. Mandates all reports are published free of charge,

5. Permits Member States to restrict public access to their respective EAR reports on an unconditional basis,

[Ardiveds]

"Ambassador, what exactly do you mean by 'basic instrumentation'? And more importantly, what is the overall goal of this proposal?"
OOC: what is the category and strength/aoe of this proposal?

[Blyskalia]

"Ambassador, what exactly do you mean by 'basic instrumentation'? And more importantly, what is the overall goal of this proposal?"
OOC: what is the category and strength/aoe of this proposal?

OOC: fixed

[Imperium Anglorum]

"Ambassador, what exactly do you mean by 'basic instrumentation'? And more importantly, what is the overall goal of this proposal?"
OOC: what is the category and strength/aoe of this proposal?

OOC: fixed

'What is the overall goal of this proposal?'

[Cretox State]

You don't use your definitions anywhere in the proposal text.

OOC: fixed

'What is the overall goal of this proposal?'

I share the question.

[Blyskalia]

You don't use your definitions anywhere in the proposal text.

'What is the overall goal of this proposal?'

I share the question.

OOC: fixed

'What is the overall goal of this proposal?'

The goal is to create a WA agency designed to collect and freely share climate and environmental data for the general advancement of scientific knowledge through international cooperation.

[Kenmoria]

You don't use your definitions anywhere in the proposal text.


I share the question.

'What is the overall goal of this proposal?'

The goal is to create a WA agency designed to collect and freely share climate and environmental data for the general advancement of scientific knowledge through international cooperation.

(OOC: I think you will have difficulty trying to create such a legislation, because GA proposals are usually supposed to focus on actions taken by member states, rather than on committees. There is additionally rule called the ‘committee only rule’, which bans legislation that just mandates things that a committee or agency should do. I encourage you to try to see if you could make this proposal focus more on member states.)

[Ardiveds]

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You don't use your definitions anywhere in the proposal text.


I share the question.

'What is the overall goal of this proposal?'

The goal is to create a WA agency designed to collect and freely share climate and environmental data for the general advancement of scientific knowledge through international cooperation.

"How exactly will the public knowing:

Temperature, wind speeds, humidity, water toxicity, air pollution, soil composition, tidal current mapping, jet stream patterns, and hazardous weather incidences,

of every member nation promote 'general welfare' and 'general advancement of scientific knowledge'? Sounds more like waste of resources and purposeless bureaucracy. Perhaps you should be less general and more specific with your legislation."

[Imperium Anglorum]

The goal is to create a WA agency designed to collect and freely share climate and environmental data for the general advancement of scientific knowledge through international cooperation.

What problem does this solve?

[Blyskalia]

The goal is to create a WA agency designed to collect and freely share climate and environmental data for the general advancement of scientific knowledge through international cooperation.

What problem does this solve?

It creates a unified base of knowledge for environmental and climate research.

The resolution is a little bit different in its format, I know this. Basically the resolution aims to create a basic and apolitical committee to begin international cooperation in research on the environment and climate.

If forced to answer the question of, "but still, what does this solve?" I would answer that no such cooperation exists but yet has the potential, even through simple means, to improve international knowledge of climate and environmental issues.

[Imperium Anglorum]

What problem does this solve?

It creates a unified base of knowledge for environmental and climate research.

The resolution is a little bit different in its format, I know this. Basically the resolution aims to create a basic and apolitical committee to begin international cooperation in research on the environment and climate.

If forced to answer the question of, "but still, what does this solve?" I would answer that no such cooperation exists but yet has the potential, even through simple means, to improve international knowledge of climate and environmental issues.

We already do research on the climate and the weather. Meteorological Cooperation viewtopic.php?p=1821884#p1821884. We already solved global warming. Greenhouse Gas Cap and Trade Program viewtopic.php?p=35010138#p35010138. We already do research at the ecosystem level. Researching Unique Ecosystems viewtopic.php?p=26911900#p26911900.

That said... saying that 'it solves a lack of cooperation on climactic and environmental research' isn't a clear explanation as to why we care about those things and why they are important. What societal goal does such cooperation or funding solve? If we have a limited amount of funds to disburse, why is this specific goal worthy of consideration?

[Blyskalia]

It creates a unified base of knowledge for environmental and climate research.

The resolution is a little bit different in its format, I know this. Basically the resolution aims to create a basic and apolitical committee to begin international cooperation in research on the environment and climate.

If forced to answer the question of, "but still, what does this solve?" I would answer that no such cooperation exists but yet has the potential, even through simple means, to improve international knowledge of climate and environmental issues.

We already do research on the climate and the weather. Meteorological Cooperation viewtopic.php?p=1821884#p1821884. We already solved global warming. Greenhouse Gas Cap and Trade Program viewtopic.php?p=35010138#p35010138. We already do research at the ecosystem level. Researching Unique Ecosystems viewtopic.php?p=26911900#p26911900.

That said... saying that 'it solves a lack of cooperation on climactic and environmental research' isn't a clear explanation as to why we care about those things and why they are important. What societal goal does such cooperation or funding solve? If we have a limited amount of funds to disburse, why is this specific goal worthy of consideration?

Great point, I will try to develop a stronger and more specific purpose to the resolution.

My proposal is the only proposal that prioritizes the compilation of free, public, neatly packaged, and syndicated environmental data. This resolution is also the only one offering suggestions for nations to improve their sustainability and giving nations options regarding sustainable development as a result of the collection of a wide berth of different data. This resolution specifically assists any nation which is unsure of possible sustainability projects or is unsure of environmental policy in an era when environmental policy is more important than ever.

[Imperium Anglorum]

How is Meteorological Cooperation not already providing climactic data to the people who want it?

[Blyskalia]

How is Meteorological Cooperation not already providing climactic data to the people who want it?

Meteorological Cooperation is providing that information, but SEAS is providing a syndicated dossier of climatic, and most importantly environmental information along with recommendations for sustainable development, it is both an expansion of the scope of Meteorological Cooperation, as well as an entirely new effort towards providing environmental data and doing so on a global scale, which only currently is done in unique ecosystems.

[Imperium Anglorum]

it is both an expansion of the scope of Meteorological Cooperation, as well as an entirely new effort towards providing environmental data and doing so on a global scale, which only currently is done in unique ecosystems.

How is the WA Development Foundation not already doing this? viewtopic.php?p=12008764#p12008764.

[Blyskalia]

it is both an expansion of the scope of Meteorological Cooperation, as well as an entirely new effort towards providing environmental data and doing so on a global scale, which only currently is done in unique ecosystems.

How is the WA Development Foundation not already doing this? viewtopic.php?p=12008764#p12008764.

The WA Development Foundation is not conducting environmental and climatic research at the depth nor the scale which SEAS would. The WADF is focused primarily on economic development projects and attracting foreign investment whilst SEAS is focused on preparing reports for member states to directly address matters of environmental and climatic concern, potential areas of improvement, and the efficacy of its current programs. SEAS is also different in that is has the goal of international cooperative research regarding the climate and the environment as a secondary objective, the open and transparent exchange of knowledge is important.

[Imperium Anglorum]

The WA Development Foundation is not conducting environmental and climatic research at the depth nor the scale which SEAS would. The WADF is focused primarily on economic development projects and attracting foreign investment whilst SEAS is focused on preparing reports for member states to directly address matters of environmental and climatic concern, potential areas of improvement, and the efficacy of its current programs. SEAS is also different in that is has the goal of international cooperative research regarding the climate and the environment as a secondary objective, the open and transparent exchange of knowledge is important.

And the nexus of existing resolutions all do the things you claim your programme would do; at that point, it merely duplicates existing work and wastes limited Assembly funds.

[Blyskalia]

The WA Development Foundation is not conducting environmental and climatic research at the depth nor the scale which SEAS would. The WADF is focused primarily on economic development projects and attracting foreign investment whilst SEAS is focused on preparing reports for member states to directly address matters of environmental and climatic concern, potential areas of improvement, and the efficacy of its current programs. SEAS is also different in that is has the goal of international cooperative research regarding the climate and the environment as a secondary objective, the open and transparent exchange of knowledge is important.

And the nexus of existing resolutions all do the things you claim your programme would do; at that point, it merely duplicates existing work and wastes limited Assembly funds.

I understand why you might think that, but I think this is because of a gap between my intentions for the goal of this resolution versus their actual effects. I am trying to write this resolution in such a way that it is a full resolution whose topic has only been given the shortest of breath in other resolutions, I see this as a major problem deserving its own resolution.

[Modessia]

Good evening, gentlemen and gentlewomen. I'm new here, so please help me with any mistakes I May make. Based on my knowledge, this looks legal, and Modessia puts our government's full support, for the time being, behind it.

[Blyskalia]

The WA Development Foundation is not conducting environmental and climatic research at the depth nor the scale which SEAS would. The WADF is focused primarily on economic development projects and attracting foreign investment whilst SEAS is focused on preparing reports for member states to directly address matters of environmental and climatic concern, potential areas of improvement, and the efficacy of its current programs. SEAS is also different in that is has the goal of international cooperative research regarding the climate and the environment as a secondary objective, the open and transparent exchange of knowledge is important.

And the nexus of existing resolutions all do the things you claim your programme would do; at that point, it merely duplicates existing work and wastes limited Assembly funds.

Since you re so active in giving good feedback, can I ask you what your specific recommendations might be?

[Blyskalia]

Bumped for feedback

[Imperium Anglorum]

Since you re so active in giving good feedback, can I ask you what your specific recommendations might be?

I don't think the idea is a good one. My specific recommendation would be not to pursue it.

[Blyskalia]

I am working on more drafting and considering the feedback, I am going to try to focus the resolution on the global monitoring of air quality/pollution. Any feedback on this idea?

[Blyskalia]

Bumped for feedback

[Refuge Isle]

I don't see anything in this proposal that isn't already covered by the ESWA in Responsible Land Management, in addition to the resolutions IA has mentioned. But the ESWA is already a catch-all for any environmental changes, including those that are caused by sapient inhabitants, including predicting where there will be environmental threats or hazards in the future. That's already published for member nations to use.

I would also wonder if this proposal would be hit by the "committee only" rule, since I'm not sure it passes muster for "more strenuous than simply filing paperwork." Your requirements are to submit information and make it available. What else? No one needs to act on this information, you only wish it to be gathered for trivia purposes. Well, we're already doing that but for actual reasons.