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New disease was discovered in Minamata City in Japan
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American biologist Rachel Carson’s influential book Silent Spring was published
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NASA’s Apollo 8 mission
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massive oil spill in Santa Barbara
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Earth day was founded
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United Nations first major conference on environmental issues.
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the Club of Rome published The Limits to Growth
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Greenpeace was founded and made its name.
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James Lovelock’s book Gaia proposed the hypothesis that the Earth is a living organism, with self-regulatory mechanisms that maintain climatic and biological conditions
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Greenpeace made even bigger headlines with anti-nuclear testing campaign
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The Union Carbide pesticide plant in the India
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The sinking of Greenpeace’s flagship
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Reactor number four at the Chernobyl exploited
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Report by the UN World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) was published
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These early initiatives ultimately led to the Rio Earth
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Earth Summit was followed up 10 years later
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United Nations Conferences on Environment and Development rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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An Inconvenient truth examined the issue surrounding climate change and increased awareness of environmental concerns
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Both the CBD and UNFCCC are legally binding conversations
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Earthquake in northern Japan caused a tsunami
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UN conference on sustainable Development took place to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Earth Summit
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Both the CBD and UNFCCC are legally binding conversations