Me and my partner Katy represented South Africa in the united nations conference. We found some useful information on the internet about sustainable development in South Africa. I found out that they were doing quite a lot to help towards sustainable development, and this surprised me a little as I thought they would rather spend money on just generally trying to develop as a county, and not bother so much about being sustainable. For example on the website http://www.southafrica.info/about/sustainable/ I found out that they were spending money on replacing street lights bulbs with energy efficient ones. Then listening to the other countries presentations I discovered that almost every country was doing quite a lot towards sustainable development. But during Americas presentation they said they would use the UN’s money to improve there military. I do no agree with this as America already has the best military in the world and it doesn’t need improving. They also said that they would use the money on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. But I feel that enough money has already been spent on the war and trying to sort out the issues in both of the countries. I think its time they just left the countries alone and let them solve there own problems.
I think our presentation went well, I got straight to the point, and highlighted key point to read out, instead of reading everything out like some other countries did.
I liked doing the exercise as it was something different. I learnt that it isn’t just the MEDC’s that are spending money towards sustainable development, its LEDC’s as well, which is a good thing because we don’t want LEDC’s to develop the same way as we did, because the way we did it was using lots of raw materials and non renewable recourses.
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How to you think South Africas sustainability plans compare to those of the UK?
Do you think their plan is appropriate for their country in comparison to their emissions?
I agree with you about the amount of facts on sustainable development we found that South Africa were trying to achieve and instill. They amazed me too. I think if they can reach their goals, UK shouldn't be complaining about their goals at all, because south Africa have so much more to do to achieve theirs. You were a good partner in this debate, because I was really nervous, so thanks for going first and doing the introduction, it helped me loads.
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