Important Dates and Events
1973 oil crisis Cause: an OPEC oil export embargo by many of the major Arab oil-producing states, in response to western support of Israel 1979 energy crisis Cause: the Iranian revolution 1990 spike in the price of oil - Cause: the Gulf War Kyoto Protocol Period- December 1997. Agreements-Industrialized countries to reduce their GHG emissions to 5.2% below the 1990 levels by 2012. Flexibility mechanisms adopted. Joint implementationEmissions tradingClean development mechanism British Antarctic Survey spotted a hole in the ozone layer in 1983. Vienna convention of 1985 for ozone layer protection. Montreal Protocol,1987 on ODS. Agreement-Prevention of depletion of ozone layer by phasing out consumption of ODS mainly CFCs. Freeze on CFC production to 1986 level by 1989 and 50%reduction by 1998. Contribution-By 1999,95 OD chemicals were controlledWorldwide CFC consumption reduced from 1.1m tonnes in 1986 to Historical Outline 1945 Food and agricultural Orgn. 1948 International Maritime Or...
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