Topic: Assistance for Nations Facing Total Territory Loss
Country: Germany
Delegate Name: Elliott Rioux
School: Ann Arbor Community High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Germany position papers GLIMUN 2011 committees
Germany had faced territorial losses after WW1 and WW2; due to the fall of Nazi Germany and the formation of the United Nations, Germany was divided into to two separate states, East and west. After the unification of East and West Germany in 1990, Germany has not faced major problems with territory loss. Due to rising sea levels; just one of the effects of global warming, Germany and other European countries' shores will be submerged in years in the future. In July 2011, The Security Council expressed concern that possible effects of climate change could aggravate threats to international peace and security and that the loss of territory in some countries due to a rise in sea-level, impacting major damages to low-lying island countries. In a statement read out by Council President for July 2011, Peter Wittig of Germany, the 15-member body, debated on “maintenance of international peace and security: they impact of climate change”, and “conflict analysis and contextual information” followed by “possible security implications of climate change” was important when climate issues can drive conflict such as border disputes.
Germany has been working close with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); decreasing the use of non renewable energies, and agreed to the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Germany has invested in various renewable energies such as solar, hydro, and wind power. From 2000 to 2011, Germany has increased their use of renewable energies by 20%. In 2007, Germany has passed it's goal of 12% renewable energies that power German; today Germany relies on 17%+ renewable energy. In the long run, Germany wishes to further the preservation of Earth's climate, and commends other nations to make an effort to use renewable energies to preserve Earth's climate, and to sustain shorelines, in doing so recuse border border disputes.
