| Timeline | NIES Events | Major Environmental Events |
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| Early 1970s | Worsening of photochemical smog | |
| 1971 July | Establishment of the Environment Agency | |
| 1971 November | Establishment of NIES Founding Committee | |
| 1971 to 1973 | Court judgements on four major pollution cases | |
| 1972 June | UN Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm, Sweden | |
| 1973 March | Final Report Presentment by NIES Founding Committee | |
| 1974 March | Establishment of NIES | |
| 1974 May | Dr. Roland and Dr. Molina report having observed depletion of the ozone layer | |
| 1978 October | Establishment of NIES Board of Councilors | |
| 1985 April | Vist of Emperor Showa to NIES | |
| 1988 November | Establishment of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) | |
| 1990 July | Restructuring of NIES to include global environmental research | Launch of research projects funded by Japan's Global Environment Research Fund |
| 1990 October | Establishment of the Center for Global Environmental Research | |
| 1992 June | Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 1993 November | Basic Environment Law promulgated in Japan | |
| 1997 December | Kyoto Conference on Global Warming (UNFCCC COP3) held | |
| 1998 June | First NIES Open Symposium held | |
| 2001 January1 | Environment Agency becomes Ministry of the Environment. Establishment of Waste Management Division at NIES |
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| 2001 April | Establishment of NIES as an Incorporated Administrative Agency. First five-year plan (2001-2005) commences |
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| 2006 April | Second five-year plan (2006-2010) commences | |
| 2010 August | Visit of the Japanese Emperor and Empress to NIES | |
| 2010 October | Nagoya Conference on Biological Diversity (CBD COP10) held | |
| 2011 March | Great East Japan Earthquake | |
| 2011 April | Third Five-Year-Plan (2011-2015) commences | |
| 2013 March | Amendment of the third five-year plan (2011-2015) | |
| 2015 April | Establishment of NIES as a National Research and Development Agency | |
| 2015 September | Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs) held at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit. | |
| 2015 December | Paris Conference on UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP COP21) held | |
| 2016 April | Fourth Five-Year-Plan (2016-2020) commences; Fukushima Brach established | |
| 2017 Apri | Lake Biwa Branch Office established | |
| 2018 June | Climate Change Adaptation Act promulgated in Japan | |
| 2018 December | Amendment of the Fourth Five-Year-Plan (2016-2020); Center for Climate Change Adaptation(CCCA) established | |
| 2021 April | Fifth Five-Year-Plan (2021-2025) |
[画像:NIES when first established]
NIES at the time of establishment
[画像:Opening Ceremony of New NIES (May 2001)]
Ceremony to mark the inauguration of NIES as an Incorporated Administrative Agency
[画像:Visit of Their Majesties the Emperor Emeritus and Empress Emerita, the then Emperor and Empress (Aug 2010)]
Visit of Their Majesties the Emperor Emeritus and Empress Emerita, the then Emperor and Empress