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50 years of UN environmental diplomacy: What's worked and the trends ahead

  • Written by Mihaela Papa, Adjunct Assistant Professor in Sustainable Development and Global Governance, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
50 years of UN environmental diplomacy: What's worked and the trends aheadNegotiations over the years have aimed to protect forests, biodiversity and the climate.Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images

In 1972, acid rain was destroying trees. Birds were dying from DDT poisoning, and countries were contending with oil spills, contamination from nuclear weapons testing and the environmental harm of the Vietnam War. Air...

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