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Stockholm Conference
The Stockholm Conference was the final peace conference of three that were anti-war. -
Minamata
Mercury poisoning that caused a neurological disease, the mercury was leaking out from factories into the water supply for nearly 30 years. -
James Lovelock's Gaia
James Lovelock's Gaia is a theory about understanding the Earth and humanities relationship with it. Such as Climate change, health, energy and agriculture. -
Silent Spring
A novel about pesticides causing the death of wanted wildlife. -
The Club of Rome
The Club of Rome is an organisation that consists of individuals who show concern for the future of the Earth and humanity. -
Bhopal
Bhopal was a chemical leak in India that released 30 tonnes of highly toxic gas -
Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
The Rainbow Warrior was bombed resulting in it sinking off the coast of New Zealand. The Rainbow Warrior was a Greenpeace protest ship. -
Chernobyl
Chernobyl was a nuclear disaster that took place in Ukraine but affected people world wide. The totally death toll has not been calculated but is estimated to be over 40,000 world wide (this factors in secondary causes of death). -
Our Common Future
Our Common Future is book written by Brundtland Commission about finding a sustainable development path for the future. -
Agenda 21
Agenda 21 is a UN action plan that concerns sustainable development. -
Kyoto Climate Change Protocol
It is an agreement made by the countries in the Framework Convention on Climate change that demanded stronger laws on green house gas emissions. -
Rio Earth Conference
Major Unitied Nations Conference held in Rio, it was about development in the environment. -
Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development
It was a meeting to discuss sustainable developments by the UN. -
An Inconvenient Truth
Is a documentary film on the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to stop it. -
Copenhagen COP
It was a United Nations Climate Change Conference which resulted in an agreement in "taking note" of the situation