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The focus on the slow aspects of pollution in these settings is comparable to what Rob Nixon has come to call slow violence. [1] [page needed] A central concept in the book is "toxic uncertainty" that is about how residents doubt or even deny the harmful impact of pollution on their lives, and confusion among the dominated. This is generated by ...
Our Common Future. Our Common Future, also known as the Brundtland Report, was published in October 1987 by the United Nations through the Oxford University Press. This publication was in recognition of Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Norwegian Prime Minister and Chair of the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED).
The likely range of human-induced surface-level air warming by 2010–2019 compared to levels in 1850–1900 is 0.8 °C to 1.3 °C, with a best estimate of 1.07 °C. This is close to the observed overall warming during that time of 0.9 °C to 1.2 °C.
e. Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances called pollutants in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials. [1] It is also the contamination of the indoor or outdoor environment either by chemical, physical, or biological ...
In 1971, General Assembly Resolution 2581 effectively created a 27-nation Preparatory Committee for the Conference, whose goal was to produce a declaration concerning the "rights and obligations of citizens and Governments with regard to the preservation and improvement of the human environment" as outlined by a recommendation by the Secretary-General. [7]
Climate change and cities are deeply connected. Cities are one of the greatest contributors and likely best opportunities for addressing climate change. [ 2 ] Cities are also one of the most vulnerable parts of the human society to the effects of climate change, [ 3 ] and likely one of the most important solutions for reducing the environmental ...
Environmental history is the study of human interaction with the natural world over time, emphasising the active role nature plays in influencing human affairs and vice versa. Environmental history first emerged in the United States out of the environmental movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and much of its impetus still stems from present-day ...
The effects of climate change on human health are increasingly well studied and quantified. [1] [2] Rising temperatures and changes in weather patterns are increasing the severity of heat waves, extreme weather and other causes of illness, injury or death. Heat waves and extreme weather events have a big impact on health both directly and ...