The Environment Chronicle
Notable environmental events between 2015 and 2015 Deselect
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- 1100 0 Events (International Year)
- 1200 2 Events (International Year)
- 1300 3 Events (International Year)
- 1400 2 Events (International Year)
- 1500 2 Events (International Year)
- 1600 0 Events (International Year)
- 1700 4 Events (International Year)
- 1800 26 Events (International Year)
- 1900 5 Events (International Year)
- 1910 6 Events (International Year)
- 1920 6 Events (International Year)
- 1930 7 Events (International Year)
- 1940 7 Events (International Year)
- 1950 15 Events (International Year)
- 1960 25 Events (International Year)
- 1970 106 Events (International Year)
- 1980 139 Events (International Year)
- 1990 271 Events (International Year)
- 2000 30 Events (International Year)
- 2001 32 Events (International Year)
- 2002 39 Events (International Year)
- 2003 37 Events (International Year)
- 2004 44 Events (International Year)
- 2005 47 Events (International Year)
- 2006 46 Events (International Year)
- 2007 57 Events (International Year)
- 2008 119 Events (International Year)
- 2009 286 Events (International Year)
- 2010 315 Events (International Year)
- 2011 293 Events (International Year)
- 2012 231 Events (International Year)
- 2013 331 Events (International Year)
- 2014 366 Events (International Year)
- 2015 374 Events (International Year)
- 2016 341 Events (International Year)
- 2017 310 Events (International Year)
- 2018 25 Events (International Year)
- 2019 4 Events (International Year)
- 2020 0 Events (International Year)
- 2021 0 Events (International Year)
- 2022 0 Events (International Year)
- 2023 0 Events (International Year)
- 2024 0 Events (International Year)
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On 20 December 2013, the UN General Assembly 68th Session proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015). In proclaiming an International Year focusing on the topic of light science and its applications, the UN has recognized the importance of raising global awareness about how light-based technologies promote sustainable development and provide solutions to global challenges in energy, education, agriculture and health. Light plays a vital role in our daily lives and is an imperative cross-cutting discipline of science in the 21st century. It has revolutionized medicine, opened up international communication via the Internet, and continues to be central to linking cultural, economic and political aspects of the global society.
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The 68th UN General Assembly declared 2015 the International Year of Soils (IYS) (A/RES/68/232). The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has been nominated to implement the IYS 2015, within the framework of the Global Soil Partnership and in collaboration with Governments and the secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. The IYS 2015 aims to increase awareness and understanding of the importance of soil for food security and essential ecosystem functions.
