Environment v poverty
Environment against poverty - sentence stems
6 point and counter pairs, one per theme. The opening lines that lock a balanced paragraph.
How to use these. Each pair is the opening line for a balanced paragraph - a Point and a Counter on the same theme. Read both halves aloud, then cover one side and recall it. Every body paragraph should carry both before its interim judgement.
Binding enforcement
Point - the case for
IMF supports this: Conditionality - the strongest enforcement in global governance.
Counter - the case against
But Paris Agreement (2015) cuts the other way: Voluntary NDCs - no enforcement if a state misses its own target.
States comply
Point - the case for
World Bank supports this: Borrowers comply - access to finance depends on it.
Counter - the case against
But Paris Agreement (2015) cuts the other way: States set weak targets and still miss them - free-riding as predicted.
Measurable progress
Point - the case for
Trade-led growth supports this: Extreme poverty has fallen dramatically since 1990 - the headline fact.
Counter - the case against
But IMF cuts the other way: Austerity conditions harmed the poor in the structural adjustment era - softened since.
Serves the weakest
Point - the case for
COPs + Loss and Damage supports this: Loss and Damage is the first mechanism built for the hardest-hit states.
Counter - the case against
But Paris Agreement (2015) cuts the other way: The worst impacts fall on states that caused least of the problem.
Great-power backing
Point - the case for
World Bank supports this: Western-led by design - which is also the criticism.
Counter - the case against
But Paris Agreement (2015) cuts the other way: US withdrawal and return showed the regime's dependence on one capital.
Well dealt with
Point - the case for
IMF supports this: Harsh medicine that mostly works - the harm-or-good essay in one row.
Counter - the case against
But Paris Agreement (2015) cuts the other way: Universal commitment, inadequate action - the examiner report's own contrast.