Joint Crisis Committee (JCC)

Topic 1: Air pollution at its worse

Air pollution is a serious threat to health and the climate; it can take many forms, from smoke indoors to smog hanging over cities. Both in urban and rural locations, ambient (outdoor) air pollution produces fine particulate matter, which increases the risk of lung cancer, heart attacks, strokes, and acute and chronic respiratory illnesses.  Furthermore, 2.4 billion people use dirty open fires or basic stoves powered by coal, kerosene, biomass (wood, animal dung, and agricultural waste), and other household pollutants, exposing them to dangerously high levels of air pollution at home. Air pollution comes from a variety of context-specific sources. The main sources of outdoor pollution are vehicles, power generation, industry, agriculture/waste incineration, and residential energy use for heating and cooking. Key sources of ambient air pollution can be effectively reduced by policies and investments that support cleaner household energy and transportation, energy-efficient housing, power generation, industry, and improved municipal waste management.

Topic 2: Save the world plan: 4 hours to live

“Nothing is going as it should! Everyone is losing hope. Why is there smoke everywhere? As time passes, it becomes harder to breathe. Save us, save everyone.” Gasses from industrial areas are fogging up everywhere in the world. Multiple stations have had problems stopping the gasses from going out. It is assumed that we only have 4 hours until this gas takes our lives away. Delegates have 4 hours to figure out the cause of the malfunction in the industrial areas and solve this problem; the longer you wait, the more people might die. Delegates must take risks in order to save lives, use what you learned from topic 1 debate to combat this emergency.