Classifying Nations, Exchanging Experts, and Taxing the Rich

In the second session of the UNEP, working papers were already underway and many ideas were being thrown around. The first thoughts behind providing clean energy to developing nations is by first clarifying which countries classify as developing. Next, implementing an expert exchange program for developing and developed nation pairs was another bloc solution. Finally, a bloc considered taxing fossil fuel usage and luxury brands as a means to deter nonrenewable resources and fund renewable resource development.

The Lacy-Zarubin Agreement (U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Russia) was made between the United States and the Soviet Union in the late 1900s to exchange scholars across a multitude of fields. This was the main reference made by the delegate representing Luxembourg. Their bloc SOAR proposes a student exchange program wherein developing nations can send the most permissible students in their country to developed nations for higher standards of education, as stated by Luxembourg. Developed nations benefit by increasing research potential by including a widely unrecognized talented group of students and the contract ensures these students return to their country to educate their population.

The major issues that nations currently face within the realm of energy production is collecting funds to help developing nations that do not have enough resources even for nonrenewable production. One reason for this could be due to brain drain as many technical professionals emigrate out of third world countries to first world country opportunities. This is a perfect example of the capitalistic world where America is able to capitalize on  the lower bargaining power of workers as they easily lure foreign workers. The delegation of Bangladesh wishes to fix this by creating a portal to share clean energy research.