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| 2001 (May 22) || General || Treaty || The {{w|Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants}} is signed as an international environmental treaty with the purpose to eliminate or restrict the production and use of {{w|persistent organic pollutants}}. It would become effective on 17 May 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants |url=https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVII-15&chapter=27 |website=treaties.un.org |accessdate=18 May 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Sweden}}
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| 2002 || {{w|Air pollution}} || Policy || ''{{w|Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd}}'' is introdiced as a leading case on causation in {{w|English tort law}}. It concerns {{w|malignant mesothelioma}}, a deadly disease caused by breathing {{w|asbestos}} fibres.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services [2002] |url=https://webstroke.co.uk/law/cases/fairchild-v-glenhaven-funeral-services-2002 |website=webstroke.co.uk |accessdate=30 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 2004 || {{w|Plastic pollution}}, {{w|water pollution}} || Research || A study by Richard Thompson from the {{w|University of Plymouth}} finds a great amount of microdebris on the [[w:beach pollution|beaches]] and waters in Europe, the Americas, Australia, Africa, and {{w|Antarctica}}.<ref name="Plastic Pollution">{{cite web|url=http://plastic-pollution.org/|title=When The Mermaids Cry: The Great Plastic Tide|last1=Le Guern|first1=Claire|date=March 2018|website=Coastal Care|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405071834/http://plastic-pollution.org/|archive-date=5 April 2018|dead-url=no|accessdate=24 April 2019}}</ref> ||
