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Parties agree to limit global warming to within 2 degreees which is determined an acceptable risk. An acceptable risk in this instance is 1.5 degree warming which "is a significantly safer defense line against the worst impacts of a changing climate".
Amnesty International publishes report condemning Shell for falsely claiming to have cleaned up pollution in the Niger Delta, identified by UNEP in 2011.
"Activists claim that by failing to properly clean up the pollution the company is exposing thousands of residents to contaminated water, land, and air. Shell's reaction was to reject the UNEP's findings. The PR strategy consisted of re-directing activists to the Shell website and its public...
GM-Organic-Conventional debate rages in Australia
"Organic farmer Steve Marsh loses appeal for compensation from neighbour Michael Baxter whose GM crop blew into his field, contaminating his organic crop and causing him to lose his organic certification. This incident spurs on a national conversation around the benefits and harms of GM food...
Glencore and the Northern Territory Health Departments fail to act on a recommentation from the NT Chief Health Officer to warn people living near the McArthur River Mine to not eat fish from three locations close to the mine site
"Glencore did not erect signage aroud three creeks where fish may have been contaminated by heavy metal poisoning and could pose a risk to individuals if consumed. Glencore said that since October 2014 it had made substantial progress relating to risk management of potentially harmful waste stock...
Sendai framework for Disaster Risk Reduction endorsed by the UN General Assembly.
"The Sendai framework is a 15-year non-binding agreement which recognises that the State has the primary role to reduce disaster risk but that responsibility should be shared with other stakeholders including local government, the private sector and other stakeholders. Lessons from the...