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Leonardo Dicaprio (1998)

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In 1998, he created the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation to support organizations and initiatives dedicated to securing a sustainable future for our planet. Leonardo has produced a number of media projects that communicate the urgency of the issues to the public, including two short web films Water Planet and Global Warning

Michael Shaara (1974)

10355980 — 2025-08-07 18:41:38 UTC

Wrote "The killer Angels" in 1974; a fictional account of Battle of Gettysburg which contains the perspective of real life generals and soldiers. Some authors and commentators might discuss Shaara's work in a broader context, possibly linking the destruction of war to environmental degradation in a more general sense. One example is a mention of a book referencing "climate change" alongside "The Killer Angels" in the same paragraph.

Before the flood (2016)

10355980 — 2025-08-07 18:48:59 UTC

a 2016 documentary film presented by Leonardo DiCaprio where he travels across the globe, highlighting the devastating effects of climate change through his encounters with scientists, world leaders, and communities experiencing the effects directly; He explores locations like melting polar ice caps, smog-choked Beijing, the tar sands of Canada, and Indonesian palm oil plantation. The documentary emphasizes the escalating pace of climate change and the potentially catastrophic consequences if immediate and collective action is not taken. It also challenges the notion that climate change is a distant threat, showcasing immediate changes like "sunny day flooding" in Miami.

Chernobyl (1986)

10355980 — 2025-08-07 18:50:31 UTC

Human Health Impacts were "Acute Radiation Sickness," "Thyroid Cancer," widespread anxiety, fear of exposure to radiation, distrust of authorities, and the trauma of forced evacuation, which would lead to an increased risk of suicide, alcohol, and smoking. Some impacts of the environment were "Widespread Fallout," agricultural lands were contaminated, affecting crops, livestock, and food production, and an "Exclusion Zone," where there lies an uninhabited 30-kilometer exclusion zone was established around the plant.

Convention on Biological Diversity (1992)

10355980 — 2025-08-11 17:26:33 UTC

The Convention on Biological Diversity is a key international treaty established to conserve biodiversity, promote its sustainable use, and ensure fair benefit-sharing from genetic resources. It has three main goals: conserving biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of genetic resources.

Renewable Energy & Efficiency 1994

10355980 — 2025-08-11 17:39:14 UTC

Renewable energy sources, like solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal, alongside advancements in energy efficiency, have created a significant global influence, specifically reduced emissions, cleaner air and water, while allowing a opening a bigger job market, cost savings, and macroacademic benefits

Climate Change (early 1800s)

10355980 — 2025-08-11 17:56:56 UTC

Earth's climate has always changed naturally, the global warming trend is driven by human activities since the Industrial Revolution, for example, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, deforestation, use of the land, all impact the Earth's average surface temperature by the increasing/rising temperature, and harming the ecosystem