by the Emirates News Agency
“We are offering aid, and you must choose to take it,” states France, on behalf of the delegates who are pro-clean energy. Multiple countries have repeatedly stated that they would gladly provide financing for poor and undeveloped countries who cannot afford at this time to support clean energy. However, many countries have shot back, declaring that they cannot transition to clean energy without backlash. They also have further opposed this idea, by reiterating that if they were to use the clean energy plan, their countries would go without food, consumable water, and would overall severely lack in energy. Very few third-world countries are supportive of this idea, stating that they should take it slow and instead focus on the necessities of living such as housing and nourishment.
The countries who support clean energy, however, insist that it would be a long-term plan that would benefit many. South Korea stated on behalf of their bloc that while they acknowledge that while this transition can only be made with the cooperation of other countries, this plan will greatly benefit all parties involved. This bloc states that they have a slow-integration process, so that undeveloped countries may have more time to adjust to this new way of energy. Meanwhile, tensions are at a high as third-world countries refuse to utilize clean energy.
They are battling over an issue that has been going on for years: switching to a more environmentally conscious way of living and uprooting the norms set in by the community, or harmfully impacting the world with fossil fuels and keeping the lifestyle the same.