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DDT: Mass use
DDT was used during the war. Troops would spray it on people to stop the spreading of Typhus (spread through lice) and to stop the spreading of Malaria in war zones in the pacific -
The Great London Smog
took place in 1952, contributed to the establishment of the clean air act that came into effect in 1956. -
Establishment of Clean Air act
came into the effect in the UK in 1956 -
DDT: Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson published a book on DDT and how it is dangerous to the environment. The book was published to raise awareness of this issue because DDT was used so much -
EIA (environmental impact assessment)
It was first created in America and it made it a priority for federal agencies to consider the natural environment of the land they are planning to use. It gave the natural environment the same status as economic priorities. Within 20 years, a lot of other countries around the world adapted the same policy act -
DDT: Ban
A large public outcry for change led the American government to ban DDT -
Signing of Montreal Protocol
Montreal Protocol Organised by the U.N.
30 countries agree to cut CFC emissions by half by 2000
reduce ozone depleting substances -
Gothenburg Protocol
To abate acidification, eutotrophication and ground level ozone -
Millennium Developmental Goals (MDG)
Established at the UN summit in NY. A document with three chapters was published: freedom from Want, Freedom from Fear, Freedom to live in Dignity -
Agenda for Sustainable Development(Agenda 2030)
2015 UN summit in NY redesigned the MDG's into the 17 SDG's, document published is called agenda for sustainable development, target 2030 -
Sustainable Development Goals
Came into effect in 2016, target year 2030. 17 goals