In the simulation, I played the role of other developing countries. When playing my role, I felt like I was at a disadvantage. The climate issues present in the world today didn’t originate from developing countries, but yet we need still pay the cost. When trying to stand up for ourselves, we often lacked the resources and power to do so effectively. Across the rounds, the way we negotiated changed, but so did my reactions to the situation as a whole. While we were clearly at a disadvantage, my opinions about being at such a disadvantage changed a little when we didn’t have to give anything to the fund, but instead asked for aid. However, it was very clear we were paying reparations for issues we didn’t create when talking to nations like China and like United States. Our group changed our ideas to prioritize forestation efforts for our land made up of rainforest, a crucial part of global carbon removal. This change was prompted by looking at how out protection of the rainforest impacts global emissions and temperature change, While I think it may be hard for a lot of people and it is going to require a worldwide effort, I do think with time emissions can be cut. Costs and barriers in implementing proposals made includes things like the fact that a ton of countries that are still developing, while they make up a large part of emissions, probably can’t realistically cut that many emissions. In the US, we can do every little thing, from carpooling and turning the lights off, to shortening our showers.
