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Biology and Geology 4. Secondary Education
ENVIRONMENTAL SUMMITS
8Ecosystems III: ecological balance
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Biology and Geology 4. Secondary Education
1972
Stockholm (Sweden)
Conference on the Human Environment
1992
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
UN Earth Summit.Brundtland Report
Kyoto (Japan)
3rd Climate Change Conference.
1997
2000
New York (USA).
Millennium Summit.
París (France)
Conference on the Biosphere (UNESCO)
1968
2009
Copenhagen (Denmark).
15th Climate Change Conference.
8Environmental summits
2002
Johannesburg (South Africa).
Summit on Sustainable Development.
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1968 BIOSPHERE CONFERENCE
• Place: Paris (France)
• Main agreements:
Creation of the MaB (Man and the Biosphere) Programme with the mission of conserving the environment in a way which is compatible with development in different countries.
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CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
• Place: Stockholm (Sweden)
• Main agreements:
Recognition of the link between the environment and human well-being, awareness of the limitations of natural systems, both to provide resources and to absorb impacts.
The need for Environmental Education is mentioned.
The UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) is created to coordinate and promote respect for the environment.
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81972
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• Place: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
• Main agreements:
The most important international environment summit to date, as it was attended by almost all the countries of the world.
It took as its basis the BRUNDTLAND REPORT.
It produced different action plans and conventions:
The Earth Charter
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Agenda 21
Climate Change Convention
The Forest Principles
8EARTH SUMMIT or RIO ’92 SUMMIT1992
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8 3RD CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE1997
• Place: Kyoto (Japan)
• Main agreements:
- Kyoto Protocol, where each signatory country undertook to reduce emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases between 2008 and 2012.
- It established what the different greenhouse gases are and some human activities that generate them, such as:
• Transport
• Industrial processes
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• Agriculture
• Waste disposal
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8MILLENNIUM SUMMIT2000
• Place: New York (USA)
• Main agreements:
Millennium Declaration, which establishes the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which must be achieved before 2015.
Goal 7 is to “Ensure Environmental Sustainability”.
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• Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes; reverse the loss of environmental resources. • Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving a significant reduction in the rate of loss by 2010.
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8SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT2002
• Place: Johannesburg (South Africa).
• Main agreements:
- The Kyoto Protocol came into effect.
- To significantly reduce biodiversity loss by 2010.
- To create a network of marine protected areas and restore fish stocks.
- To minimise the harmful effects of chemicals.
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815TH CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE2009
• Place: Copenhagen (Denmark).
• Main agreements:
The only target set was that the average global temperature should not rise by more than 2ºC by 2050.
No clear agreements were reached to replace the Kyoto Protocol, which ends in 2012.
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