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Minamata
Outbreak of disease in a small town. This was due to them eating fish from a mercury dump. Caused many people to become disabled and disfigured. -
Rachel Carson's silent spring
environmental science book. documented the effects of using pesticide. lead to many protests. -
the club of rome
global think tank that deals with many international issues such as world economic systems, global warming etc... -
stockholm conference
UN meeting based on human environment -
bhopal
gas leak in India, considered the worlds worst industrial disaster at the time -
chernobyl
nuclear accident in which a nuclear reactor exploded -
our common future
book on sustainability and development. -
sinking of the rainbow warrior
green peace ship sank by French warship as the ship was on its way to protest against French nuclear test. -
Kyoto Climate change protocol
UN conference on climate change. international treaty on climate change was agreed on. assigning mandatory targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to significant nations. -
UN earth RIO summit
UN meeting based on environment and development -
Agenda 21
a non-binding, voluntarily implemented action plan of the UN with regard to sustainable development. -
James lovelock's Gaia
book by James Lovelock on the Gaia hypothesis " the environment doesn't coincidently support life on earth, rather the two interact much the way a bird and it's nest interact." -
johannesburg world summit on sustainable development
the Johannesburg declaration was the main outcome of the summit. type 2 partnerships were made which were said to be the key to achieve the millennium development goals. -
an inconvenient truth
documentary film about former US vice president Al Gore's campaign to educate citizens about global warming -
copenhagen (COP-15)
UN climate change conference. frame work for climate change mitigation beyond 2012 was to be agreed there.