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  • Influential individuals such as Thoreau and Mulr write books on conversation

    First conservation groups form and nature reserves established. NGOs form (RSPB, NT).

  • Dustbowl in North America

    Recognition that agricultural practices may affect soils and climate.

  • Green Revolution - intensive technological agriculture

    Resource use (especially fossil fuel use and pollution increased. Human population rises sharply.

  • First Earth Summit - UN Conference on the Human Environment

    Declaration of UN conference.
    Action Plan for the Human Environment.
    Environment Fund established.
    Formation of UN Environment Programme (UNEP].
    Earth Summits planned at ten-year intervals.

  • James Lovelock publishes 'Gala - A new look at life on Earth' and presents the 'Gala hypothesis'

    Systems approach to studying the environment begins.
    Nature seen as self regulating.

  • British Antarctic Survey Team detects ice sheets thinning and ozone hole

    Public awareness of ozone depletion and risks of skin cancer.

  • Rio Earth Summit and Kyoto Protocol

    Agreement to reduce carbon (CO,) emissions to counter enhanced greenhouse effect and global warming.
    Agenda 21.

  • Johannesburg Earth Summit

    Plans to globally improve:
    Water and sanitation
    Energy supply issues
    Health
    Agricultural abuse
    Biodiversitu reduction.

  • Kyoto protocol becomes a legal requirement

    174 countries signed and are expected to reduce carbon emissions to some 15% below expected emissions in 2008. It expires in 2012.

  • Nobel Peace Prize IPCC release 4th assessment report in Nov 07 UN Ball meeting Dec 07

    Awarded in 2007 jointly to Al Gore and the IPCC for their work on climate change.
    Report states that Warming of the climate system is unequivocal and Most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations.'
    187 countries meet and agree to open negotiations on an international climate change deal.

  • 2015 event

    After the event in 2015, they successfully achieve a deal to defend climate changes, and speed up low carbon event.
    Unfccc.Int, unfccc.int/most-requested/key-aspects-of-the-paris-agreement#:~:text=At%20COP%2021%20in%20Paris,a%20sustainable%20low%20carbon%20future. Accessed 22 Aug. 2023.

  • Earth Summit in 2023

    SDG Summit will hold on 18~19 September 2023 in New York. It will mark a new phase of accelerated progress to wards the Susrainable Development Goals and transferred to 2030.
    “SDG Summit 2023.” United Nations, United Nations, www.un.org/en/conferences/SDGSummit2023#:~:text=The%202023%20SDG%20Summit%20will,actions%20leading%20up%20to%202030. Accessed 22 Aug. 2023.