Montreal Protocol
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is signed in Montreal, Canada.
Themes:
global policy
UN Declaration on Cities
UN releases “Declaration on Cities and Other Human Settlements in the New Millennium.”
Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol is an addition to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that stipulates a reduction of greenhouse gases.
Themes:
The "Brundtland Report"
The 1987 UN report charts a sustainable development path.
Publication of The Limits to Growth
Commissioned by the Club of Rome and published in 1972, the report warned that unchanged population growth and resource consumption would dramatically worsen the conditions for humanity in the near future.