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Human interaction with the environment
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THE MAIN ENVIRONMENTAL SUMMITS
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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
1972
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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EARTH SUMMIT or RIO 92 SUMMIT
1992

• 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

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3RD CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE
1997

• 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

• Agriculture
• Waste disposal

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2000
MILLENNIUM SUMMIT
Place New York (USA) Main agreements Millenn
ium Declaration, which establishes the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs), which must be achieved
before 2015. Goal 7 is to Ensure Environmental
Sustainability.
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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SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
2002

• 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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15TH CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE
2009
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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