Montreal Protocol

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The Montreal Protocol is the most successful environmental protection agreement to date. We asked the man who discovered the ozone hole and the director of science at the British Antarctic Survey what it can teach us about climate treaties. It’s 36 years since scientists first discovered the hole in the…

Without the ozone layer, complex life on Earth would not exist. In the 1980s, a team of scientists shocked the world when they detected a hole in the layer. In 1977, 24-year-old Jonathan Shanklin saw an advert for a job at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), which read: Wanted: physicist with…

By Shri Ravi Agrawal, Additional Secretary, MoEF&CC. 16th September each year is celebrated as World Ozone Day to commemorate the signing of the Montreal Protocol in 1987, an international environmental treaty for phasing out of production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances. …

Well, the planet would be already 2.5°C warmer now if the Montreal Protocol hasn’t have been introduced during the late 1980s, a new study from University of Lancaster found out. In fact, Kofi Annan, the former UN Secretary General has called the Montreal Protocol “perhaps the single most successful international…

Güven Sak Bir süredir, “Yeşil Yeni Mutabakat ile iklim değişikliği konusunda, artık konuşmaktan yapmaya geçiyoruz” diyorum. Bugün bir düzeltme yaparak başlayayım. Bu ifade hem doğru hem de doğru değil. İklim değişikliği gündemi yeni değil, en azından elli yıllık. Greenpeace, konu ile ilgili farkındalık yaratmak üzere 1971 yılında kuruldu. Dünyada iklim…

In world of failed and crippling environmental missions , protection of ozone layer leaves behind a trail for success. — “Everything visible has a flip side, like a coin” ~ Sunday Adelaja The sun which has been the driving force of life since inception of earth, also has a flip side just like a coin. The malignant UV (ultraviolet) radiations especially UVA and UVB emitted by the sun, have made…