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social science subjects > geography > organizations (geography) > United Nations Environmental Summits

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United Nations Environmental Summits  

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  • The United Nations (UN) has laid the foundation for heightened global environmental awareness since the 1970s. A central approach to address these wide-ranging issues, and bring them to the forefront of the international agenda, is through high-level environmental conferences of national leaders. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; United Nations Environmental Summits]

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