Press Information and Publications

Press Information

• Press Release, Montreal, 29 July 2011: China commits to landmark agreement on dual ozone and climate benefits
• Press Release, Geneva/Nairobi, 16 September 2010: New Report Highlights Two-way Link between Ozone Layer and Climate Change
• Information Kit (September 2010). Fact sheets on the Montreal Protocol for journalists
• Geophysical Research Letters: Recent increases in global HFC-23 emissions by S. A. Montzka, L. Kuijpers, M. O. Battle, M. Aydin, K. R. Verhulst, E. S. Saltzman, and D. W. Fahey
• Press Release - Nairobi/Port Ghalib, 2 November 2009: Up Grading Ozone Layer Treaty to Assist in Combating Climate Change Key Issue at International Meeting in Egypt (A) (C) (E) (F)
• Press Release: Ozone Treaty Anniversary Gifts Big Birthday Present to Human Health and Combating of Climate Change (C) (E)
• Press release - Collaborating on Climate Change - Ozone and Global Warming Experts Get Closer on Common Challenge of F-Gases
• Windows multimedia voice piece on ozone and climate change
• The large contribution of projected HFC emissions to future climate forcing
• Summary of The United States Environmental Protection Agency press release recognizing Dr. Andersen, co-chair of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel of the Montreal Protocol and Drs. Velders, Daniel, Fahey and McFarland, members of the Scientific Assessment Panel of the Montreal Protocol.These distinguished members of the Assessment Panels of the Montreal Protocol were recognized for their landmark paper: “The Importance of the Montreal Protocol in Protecting Climate,” published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104 (12):4814-4819 (2007). This paper also earned the 2007 United Nations Environment Programme Award for the “Best New Paper on a Montreal Protocol Related Topic: Science Category.”
• Maximizing the Climate-Combating Benefits of the Ozone Layer Treaty Key Outcome of Qatar-Hosted Meeting

• First Ozone and Pollution Monitoring Ground Station for West Asia

• Paper to be in 'Short Supply' at International Ozone Gathering

• Opening of the 20th meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol and the 8th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to Vienna Convention (A)

• Backgrounder: An overview of the Montreal Protocol's progress to-date

• Combating Climate Change Given Big Confidence Boost in Canada - Governments Agree to Accelerated ‘Freeze and Phase-out” of Ozone and Climate-Damaging Chemicals at Montreal Protocol’s 20th Anniversary Celebrations

• Press Release: Ozone Treaty’s Role in Combating Climate Change Tops Environment Ministers Meeting in Canada - Two Decades of Success and Future Years of Achievement Take Centre Stage at 20th Anniversary Celebrations of Montreal Protocol (E) (F) (S)

  Montreal Protocol Press Kit (A) (C) (E) (F) (R) (S)

  Country Programme and Compliance Summary Sheets (Multilateral Fund, July 2007)

• 20th Anniversary Photo Book - Celebrating 20 years of progress in 2007
• Handbook for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985) - Eighth edition (2009)
• Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer - Eighth edition (2009)
• Centrum - The Ozone Secretariat biannual e-newsletter (03 July 2009) - Second edition
• Publications by members of the Montreal Protocol Assessment Panels
• Training Manual for Customs Officers: Saving the Ozone Layer - Phasing out Ozone Depleting Substances in Developing Countries - Second Edition
• The Green Customs Guide to Multilateral Environmental Agreements
• Centrum - The Ozone Secretariat biannual e-newsletter (16 September 2008)
• Primer for members of the Implementation Committee under the Non-compliance Procedure of the Montreal Protocol (A C E F R S)
• Decisions of the Meetings of the Parties related to the Non-compliance Procedure of the Montreal Protocol
• Methyl Bromide: Quarantine and Preshipment Uses
• Handbooks     
• TEAP/TOC Reports
• Assessment Reports    
•  Other Publications

Selection of Publications

- UNEP Online Bookshop