Committee : Ecology and Environment

Question : The question of curtailment of Hydrocarbons.

Submitted : United Kingdom

Alarmed by the fact that global hydrocarbon production has doubled in the last 10 years,
from 12.8 million barrels a day in 2009 to 25.1 million barrels a day in 2019.

Aware CO2 and water are the main products of hydrocarbon chemical reactions used to
create energy.

Noting that 87% of all CO2 emissions are from consumption of hydrocarbons for energy
production and 91% of the world energy comes from hydrocarbon sources.

Recognising that the by-products or hydrocarbon usage – water and carbon dioxide, play an
integral part in increasing the global average temperature and both directly and indirectly are
responsible for the climate crisis.

Further noting that water is a greenhouse gas, and increase in water vapour leads to the
atmosphere getting warmer which leads to it being able to hold more water creating a
positive feedback loop of warming due to water vapour

Deeply concerned that despite mass information campaigns and UN policies on both national
and international level, consumption and production of hydrocarbons has not slowed down
to a controllable rate.

Recognising the need for immediate control on hydrocarbon production and consumption to
battle the climate emergency.

Commending the work of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC), yet realising that their efforts have not been fully effective in combating the crisis.

Emphasising the need for a updated climate change strategy with new evidence and scientific
data in combating the climate emergency.

1) Calls for the revision of the UNFCCC as an organisation to take into full account of
new advanced scientific data, amend the background document framework for
intergovernmental efforts to tackle the hydrocarbon crisis, and update the
organisation to be better equipped for fighting the crisis through the following ways

a) Revision of the original framework in 1992 to include the positive feedback

loop of water and updated and increased levels of warming.
 b) Update the framework to mandatorily require industrialised countries to give
updated and regular information about hydrocarbon inventories

c) Update the Kyoto protocol for a third commitment period as the second
commitment period expires this year, 2020.

d) To update the Kyoto protocol to mandatorily restrict net consumption of

hydrocarbons

2) Calls for the creation of the United Nations Committee for Ordnance and Curtailment
of Hydrocarbons ( COCH) a subsidiary organisation of the UNFCCC responsible for :

a) Research into energy production procedures that doesn’t require use of

hydrocarbons

b) Investigation and enforcement of hydrocarbon production and consumption

of government organisations and private organisations

c) Regularly updating levels of hydrocarbon usage and production and amount of

CO2 produced as a result of the same and determining updated quotas with
updated scientific data to limit increase in hydrocarbon production and
consumption to under 2% by 2025 and the reduction of consumption to 85%
the current consumption levels by 2030

3) Recommends the reduction of UN funding for hydrocarbon based energy production

services by 75% and the transfer of these funds to more renewable based energy
production services

4) Urges industrialised member nations to help developing nations move from a fossil
fuel backed economic future to a greener one through measures such as grants, tax
cuts, reduced import duties and technological assistance in developing a renewable
energy system

5) Calls for the reclassification of nations from the original 1994 classification taking into
account industrialisation of third world countries such as China, India etc for
hydrocarbon quotas taking into consideration their economic status and ability to
cope with extra costs and burdens associated with greener fuel alternatives

6) Calls for the reduction of subsidies for fossil fuels and other hydrocarbon liquids, and
reduced financial and technological support for corporations and nations who do not
follow UN quotas for hydrocarbon production and encourages member states to
hinder further increase in production of hydrocarbons through increased taxes,
reduced grants and loans etc