EVS

By kacpercusen

  • Minamata disease

    it's a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. The cause was the release of methylmercury in the industrial wastewater from the Chisso Corporation's chemical factory.

  • James Lovelock's Gaia

    The Gaia hypothesis proposes that living and non-living parts of the Earth form a complex interacting system that can be thought of as a single organism.

  • Rachel Carson's Silent Spring

    This is a book about Environmental science.

  • The Club of Rome

    The Club of Rome is a global think tank that deals with a variety of international issues.

  • Stockholm Conference

    The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, Sweden from June 5–16 in 1972.

  • Bhopal Gas Leak

    A pesticide plant in Bhopal leaked 32 tonnes of toxic gases, methyl isocyanate gas which led to the worst industrial disaster to date. The death toll was around 4000.

  • Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior

    a bombing operation by the "action" branch of the French foreign intelligence services.

  • Chernobyl

    The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophic nuclear accident.

  • Our Common Future

    A report from the United Nations on Environment and Development.

  • Kyoto Climate Change Protocol

    The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty which, that commits State Parties to reduce greenhouse gases.

  • UN Earth (Rio) Summit

    a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992.

  • Agenda 21

    Agenda 21 is a non binding, voluntarily action plan with regard to sustainable environment.It is the product of a United Nations conference held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

  • Johannes burg World Summit on Sustainable Development

    The World Summit on Sustainable Development Earth Summit 2002 took place in Johannesburg. Agreement was made to restore the world's depleted fisheries for 2015. The Johannesburg Declaration was the outcome of the Summit.

  • An Inconvenient Truth

    A film that calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.

  • Copenhagen (COP-15)

    The Copenhagen Accord was drafted by the United States, China, India, Brazil and South Africa on 18 December, and judged a "meaningful agreement" by the United States government.