Oil leakages: The unseen threat
Feb 28, 2020 · 9 min read
The most important environmental milestone of the 21st century came in the form of the 2015 Paris Agreement; the first international framework of its kind that acknowledges the urgent threat of climate change after the Kyoto Protocol. However, while the Paris Agreement highlights the importance of mitigating the effects of greenhouse gases; no such framework exists for the effects of water pollution, and more importantly, oil spills and leakages.
The urgency of the threat
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