A History of Environmental Politics Since 1945
An overview of environmental affairs in the United States, from the 1940s onward.
global policy
Melinda Laituri on "Integrated Environmental History of Watersheds"
Melinda Laituri, Carson fellow from February to May 2011, talks about her research project, “Integrated Environmental History of Watersheds,” a comparative, historical-geographical analysis of the Danube and the Colorado rivers.
"What is Global Environmental History?"
Gabriella Corona in conversation with Piero Bevilacqua, Guillermo Castro, Ranjan Chakrabarti, Kobus du Pisani, John R. McNeill, and Donald Worster.
Montreal Protocol
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is signed in Montreal, Canada.
Themes:
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.