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climate change principle
Carolina Vera (Arg. CIMA / IPCC) publishes 1 studies on the effects of CC in South America. -
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1991
First evidence of methane release from the seabed. -
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1992
Rio de Janeiro, US Conference blocks call for serious action. -
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1995
IPCC confirms anthropogenic cause of climate change. -
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1997
Cecilia Conde (UNAM) publishes first results of the effects of CC in Mexican agriculture. Kyoto Protocol. Toyota introduces the Prius in Japan, the first hybrid car. -
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2000
Oil ‘Lobby’ convinces the US government to deny the problem. -
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2004
First bestsellers, films and artistic works on CC. -
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2009
Scandal over leaked emails and out of context grow skepticism about CC. The Copenhagen Conference fails catastrophically. -
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2011
Impulsive reactions to the accident in Fukushima, Japan, squander hopes of a nuclear energy revival. The importance of wetlands (mangroves and other coastal ecosystems) as main carbon reservoirs, called "blue carbon", is recognized for the first time, triggering research in the area. -
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2015
Paris Agreement, which establishes measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the mitigation, adaptation and resilience of ecosystems to the effects of climate change. Research suggests that the collapse of the Antarctic ice cap is irreversible; Atmospheric CO2 = 401 ppm (the highest in 1 million years); global mean temperature = 14.8 ˚C (highest in 1,000 years). -
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2017
New studies suggest that anthropogenic emissions will cause major impacts on temperature and extreme weather conditions; These are happening at a faster rate than expected by the IPCC in 2014. The Trump administration (USA) abandons the Paris Agreement. -
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2018
The month of July is the third warmest in modern history with an anomaly of +0.78 ˚C, compared to the average (1951-1980). Last month it is only behind July 2016 (+0.82 ˚C) and July 2017 (+0.81 ˚C). The last three months of July are the warmest since 1880. The IPCC's special report on the impacts of warming 1.5 ° C above pre-industrial levels and routes of greenhouse gas emissions is published in October. -
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end gobal warnig
The first report of the newly created group (Task force 5) on gender diversity in climate sciences and within the IPCC itself is expected (Gay-Antaki & Liverman, 2018). Climate Change is real. It is urgent and necessary to adjust policies and behaviors to mitigate its effects.