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Montreal Protocol delegates discuss and adopt decisions to address ozone layer protection and other environmental challenges

Press Release 6 November 2024

BANGKOK, 5 NOVEMBER 2024 - Parties to the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol and other stak

2024 Ozone Hole Ranked 7th-Smallest Since Recovery Began

Featured 31 October 2024

To monitor the state and recovery of the ozone layer, each year, the final diameter and depth of a ‘hole’ that opens

International Day of the Girl 2024

Featured 10 October 2024

This year’s International Day of the Girl theme is ‘Girls’ vision for the future’.

WOD 2024

Video 16 September 2024

Parties to the Montreal Protocol Meet in the Home of the Protocol to Discuss Ozone Layer and Climate Protection

Press Release 15 July 2024

15 JULY 2024 -

Our land. Our future. We are #GenerationRestoration.

News 4 June 2024

Our land. Our future.

International Women's Day

Featured 7 March 2024

In a world where we are faced with numerous environmental crises that are putting immense pressure on our communities

Patrick McInerney

Featured 27 February 2024

Patrick Mclnerney

1963 - 2024

Professor Lucy Carpenter, left and Professor Sharon Robinson, right

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2024

Featured 8 February 2024

For International Day of Women & Girls in Science, celebrated each year on 11 February, we honour female scientis

The Hole - A film on the Montreal Protocol, narrated by Sir David Attenborough

Video 14 October 2016

Sir David Attenborough narrates the extraordinary history of the Montreal Protocol to raise awareness of the 28th Mee

Precious Ozone - The Climate Connection

Video 15 September 2016

This film shows the Protocol’s contribution to the protection of the climate and the greenhouse gas potential of som

Montreal Protocol and the development goals

Video 6 July 2016

How can the Montreal Protocol help towards delivering on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development?

Montreal Protocol Achievements

Video 27 April 2016

The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer has led to significant environmental, health and eco

Precious Ozone - The Size of it

Video 6 August 2015

Space is closer than you think.

Ozone scientist Mario Molina honoured by UN for lifetime of achievement

Video 19 November 2014

Mexico's Molina - already a Nobel laureate - was instrumental in the identification of the Antarctic ozone hole...now

Protecting Our Atmosphere for Generations to Come: 25 Years of the Montreal Protocol (full video)

Video 16 September 2014

The Antarctic Ozone Hole -- From Discovery to Recovery, a Scientific Journey

Video 15 September 2011

Upgrading Ozone Layer Treaty to Assist in Combating Climate Change Key Issue at International Meeting in Egypt

Upgrading Ozone Layer Treaty to Assist in Combating CC Key Issue at International Meeting in Egypt

Press Release 2 November 2009

21^st Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substan

Ozone Treaty Anniversary Gifts Big Birthday Present to Human Health and Combating CC

Press Release 16 September 2009

Timor-Leste Makes Montreal Protocol First Global Environmental Agreement to Achieve Universal Ratification

Record Stratospheric Ozone Loss in the Arctic in Spring of 2011

Press Release 22 September 2007

Governments Agree to Accelerated ‘Freeze and Phase-out” of Ozone and Climate- Damaging Chemicals at Montreal

New Report Projects Later Recovery of Ozone Layer

Press Release 18 August 2006

BUT EARLY SIGNS OF MENDING CONFIRM EFFECTIVENESS OF MONTREAL PROTOCOL ON SUBSTANCES THAT DEPLETE THE OZONE LA

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Montreal protocol progress

Kigali Amendment

The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol entered into force on 1 January 2019 after the threshold for the agreement to enter into force was met on 17 November 2017, when it was ratified by 20 parties.

Greening the blue

Working towards climate neutrality

The Ozone Secretariat is part of the UN’s “Greening the Blue” efforts to move towards climate neutrality. The Secretariat works towards climate neutrality by measuring the carbon footprint of Vienna Convention and Montreal Protocol meetings ...