Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee
General Assembly: Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee
Background guide and position paper guidelines/submission Coming Soon.
Topic A: The Role of Climate Disasters in Threatening Child Safety
Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, wildfires, and droughts. These events disproportionately affect children, who are among the most vulnerable populations during emergencies. Displacement, loss of shelter, limited access to food and clean water, and interruptions in healthcare and education put children at significant risk. This topic addresses the humanitarian challenges posed by climate-related disasters and explores strategies for protecting children’s safety, ensuring their basic rights, and strengthening community preparedness and response systems. Delegates are encouraged to consider both immediate protective measures and long-term solutions that enhance child-safety in disaster-prone regions.
Topic B: Addressing the Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate Displacement on Communities
Rising global temperatures, sea-level rise, changing rainfall patterns, and increased frequency of extreme weather events are forcing communities to relocate, creating a growing phenomenon known as climate displacement. These shifts often disrupt local economies, threaten livelihoods, limit access to education and healthcare, and increase social inequality. Low-income and marginalized populations are particularly vulnerable, facing heightened risks of unemployment, housing instability, and food insecurity. This topic focuses on the socioeconomic impacts of displacement driven by climate change, encouraging delegates to explore strategies for economic support, sustainable community adaptation, and policies that help affected populations maintain stability and resilience in the face of a changing climate.
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Staff
Chair
Bianca Duhamel
Bianca Duhamel is a first-year pre-biopsychology major from San Diego, California, with aspirations of pursuing a career in medicine. With four years of high school MUN experience, she joined UCSB's MUN team the fall of her freshman year and has loved it ever since! Outside of MUN, she enjoys traveling and shopping, playing tennis and piano, and spending time at the beach or outdoors. She is also involved in sorority life and loves going out or staying in with friends. Bianca looks forward to guiding delegates, watching debates, and ensuring a collaborative and engaging committee experience!
Co-Chair
Addysen Wilson
Addysen Wilson is a first year pre-political science major from Colorado Springs Colorado wanting to pursue a career in law! This is her first year in model UN and she has had a blast jumping in. Outside of MUN she loves dancing, travelling, hiking and spending time with friends. At UCSB she is involved in hall council and dance outside of MUN! Addysen is very excited to discuss the topics of SOCHUM this year!
Co-Chair
Boone LaBounty
Boone LaBounty is currently a third-year Economics and Accounting major at UCSB and hails from Huntington Beach, California. When he’s not in lecture or attending an MUN meeting, you can usually find him in the great outdoors: hiking, surfing, cliff jumping, and basically anything else that can be done in nature with a group. He is also a State Park Aide for his hometown state beach, Bolsa Chica, and cannot emphasize enough how much he loves his job.
MUN has brought him some of his best friends and most cherished memories, and he is so grateful to be able to give back to it through this amazing group. He has been a part of MUN since his freshman year of high school and is so excited for his second time chairing an SBI conference! He enjoys MUN for its ability to bring out the best aspects of debate: collaboration, confidence, action, and intellectual discourse; he looks forward to seeing all of these and more displayed in the conference!