1992 in the environment

none November 2025 1992 the environment This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1992. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues. Events The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change supplementary report of 1992 was published to contribute to the debate on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at the 1992 Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro.pdf https://archive.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/1992%20IPCC%20Supplement/IPCC_1990_and_1992_Assessments/English/ipcc_90_92_assessments_far_full_report.pdf CLIMATE CHANGE: The 1990 and 1992 IPCC Assessments: IPCC First Assessment Report Overview and Policymaker Summaries and 1992 IPPC Supplement WMO UNEP June 1, 1992 November 1, 2025 Henry W. Kendall, a former chair of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) board of directors, wrote "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity", which begins: "Human beings and the natural world are on a collision course."Henry W. Kendall 18 November 1992 https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2017/11/World%20Scientists%27%20Warning%20to%20Humanity%201992.pdf World Scientists Warning To Humanity ucsusa.org November 1, 2025 Henry Way Kendall A majority of the Nobel Prize laureates in the sciences signed the document; about 1,700 of the world's leading scientists appended their signature. A moratorium is placed on the Northern Cod fishery by the Canadian government after a collapse in the annual harvested quantity. A number of protected areas were established in 1992, including Rambynas Regional Park in Lithuania,https://vstt.lrv.lt/en/lithuanian-protected-areas/regional-parks/rambynas-regional-park/ Rambynas regional park State Service for Protected Areas, etc. 10 November 2025 and El Angel Ecological Reserve in Ecuador.https://ecuadorexplorer.com/html/andesparks.html Equador Explorer ANDES NATIONAL PARKS: Explore the breathtaking landscapes and rich biodiversity of the Ecuadorian Andes in its National Parks 24 July 2026 January A storm in the North Pacific Ocean causes a shipping container containing 28,800 Friendly Floatees to be washed aboard. The resulting flotsam was later used to track ocean currents. March The Mingbulak oil spill was a massive terrestrial oil spill at the Mingbulak oil field in the Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan. It was the worst oil spill in the history of Asia and the oil coming out of the well caught fire and burnt for two months. Mexico established the Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO; English: National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity).https://www.gob.mx/conabio Government of Mexico (CONABIO) ¿Qué hacemos? November 1, 2025 Spanish La Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO) es una comisión intersecretarial, creada en 1992 con carácter de permanente It completed a major report in 2005.Sarukhán José Urquiza-Haas Tania Koleff Patricia Carabias Julia Dirzo Rodolfo Ezcurra Exequiel Cerdeira-Estrada Sergio Soberón Jorge Strategic actions to value, conserve, and restore the natural capital of megadiversity countries: the case of Mexico BioScience 2015 65 2 164–173 10.1093/biosci/biu195 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4778169/ 26955077 4778169 November 1, 2025 The first annual World Sustainable Energy Days conference is organized.https://greenovate-europe.eu/world-sustainable-energy-days/ Greenovate World Sustainable Energy Days 23 March 2015 27 July 2026 April The Katina P, a Greek oil tanker carrying 72,000 tonnes of oil, sank off the Mozambique coast. May The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, usually known simply as the Basel Convention, enters into force. It is an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and specifically to prevent transfer of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries. June The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Rio Summit, Rio Conference, Earth Summit (Portuguese: Eco '92) was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro. The Amendment Act on Reduction of Total Amount of Nitrogen Dioxide and Particulate Matters Originating from Automobiles in Designated Areasis passed in Japan, setting the maximum emissions of nitrogen dioxide (NOx) and particulate matters(PMs) allowed by trucks, buses, and diesel passenger vehicles. September The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR) concludes in Paris, creating the OSPAR Commission. December The Aegean Sea oil tanker exploded and caused an oil spill off the coast of Spain. See also Environment Human impact on the environment List of environmental issues List of years in the environment References