The environmental impact of industrialization
The scale of environmental change
How technology contributed to environmental damage
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Climate change: the defining environmental challenge
The science of climate change
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Causes of climate change
Effects of climate change
Deforestation and biodiversity loss
The destruction of forests
Biodiversity crisis
Pollution and environmental contamination
Types of pollution
Case studies in environmental disaster
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Resource depletion
Fossil fuels
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Water scarcity
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Soil degradation
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International environmental cooperation
Major agreements and institutions
Challenges of environmental cooperation
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The Montreal Protocol: a success story
Technology as a potential solution
Renewable energy
Other technological solutions
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Primary sources
Rachel Carson, Silent Spring (1962)
United Nations Brundtland Report, "Our Common Future" (1987)
Greta Thunberg, speech at the UN Climate Action Summit (2019)
Key figures
Key events summary
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