Conference on the Human Environment

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The Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm, Sweden in 5. - 16.6. 1972, was the first of a series of world environmental conferences.

One of the key issues addressed was the use of CFCs, which seemed to be responsible for the depletion of the ozone layer.

Global warming was mentioned, but nothing of substance was achieved at this Conference. Some argue, however, that this conference, and more importantly the scientific conferences preceding it, had a real impact on the environmental policies of the European Community (that would later become the European Union). For example, in 1973, the EU created the Environmental and Consumer Protection Directorate, and composed the first Environmental Action Program. Such increased interest and research collaboration arguably paved the way for further understanding of global warming, which has led to such agreements as the Kyoto Protocol.

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Earth Summit Earth Summit 2002