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Minamata disease
Chemical factory in Japan, released large quantities of industrial wastewater that was contaminated with highly toxic methyl mercury. Caused many casualties. -
Silent Springs
Book that focuses on environmental effects caused by extensive use of pesticides. -
First Earth Day
Event to show support for the environment, created immediate impacts. -
The limits to growth
Book that warns people about climate change were prescient. People didn't want to believe that earth is finite. -
The Chernobyl accident
The Nuclear water plant in the Soviet Union was catastrophic because the graphite moderated nuclear power reactors found on the plant were uncontrolled because of a power failure, there was an immediate explosion. National and International spread of radioactive material. -
Brundtland report (Our common future)
Report emphasised on sustainable development. Said there were three fundamental components: equity, environmental protection and economic growth -
Earth Summit Rio de Janeiro
Event were leaders talked about economic growth, equity and ensuring environmental protection. -
An Inconvenient Truth
Documentary (film) about former United States vice president Al Gore's campaign to educate people about global warming. -
Fukushima tsunami
there was an energy accident at the Fukushima Daichi Nuclear power plant initiated by a 15m tsunami followed by the Tōhoku earthquake. Due to this, radioactive elements escaped and the damage in the biodiversity is visible. -
The Paris Climate Agreement
Agreement with UN Framework Convention on Climate change, deals with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance, that starts in the year 2020. It aims to have a strong response to threat climate change by keeping global temperature rise below 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels. -
Ocean Clean Up
Clean up in the Pacific Ocean, it would be able to collect 8,000,000 tons of plastic that enter the ocean every day. It will reduce the number of dead animals and the ocean will be clean again