Young Professionals’ Debate: Shaping the Future

Debate: This house believes that traditional methods aren’t working, and we need to rapidly switch to drastic new strategies for climate and water management

Moderator: Michael John Webster, World Bank

Team for the motion

• John Matthews, Executive Director, Alliance for Global Water Adaptation
• Silvia Caprara, Young Farmer, World Farmers’ Organisation
• Lance Gore, Principal Water Resources Specialist, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Sectors Group, Asian Development Bank
• Ruth Katui Nguma 

Team against the motion

• Juliet Willetts , Professor and Research Director, University of Technology Sydney
• Pan Ei Ei Phyoe, YWP, COP28 Youth Delegate for Myanmar, AGWA, Oxford PhD candidate
• Shuchi Vora
• David Gonzales, Policy Officer, Global Resilience Partnership
• Nilay Dogulu