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36 winners awarded for Asia-Pacific Ozone2Climate Art Contest
Featured 16 September 2022

On the occasion of World Ozone Day – 16 September – which commemorates the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deple

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Protecting the Ozone Layer - 35th Anniversary Edition
Featured 15 September 2022

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, 16 September, as designated by the United Nations General

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Thirty-five years of successful ozone layer and climate protection
Press Release 14 September 2022

Montreal Protocol: Global cooperation protecting life on earth

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Scientific article suggesting new metric to measure ozone layer recovery
Featured 13 September 2022

An article on a new tool to measure ozone recovery has been published in

Know the rules
Specific uses of controlled substances
Featured 12 September 2022

50 years of UNEP
50 years of UNEP
Video 1 September 2022

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2022.

The Hole - A film on the Montreal Protocol, narrated by Sir David Attenborough
The Hole - A film on the Montreal Protocol, narrated by Sir David Attenborough
Video 1 September 2022

The Montreal Protocol is one of the most successful universally ratified environmental treaties and example of succes

Parties to the Montreal Protocol reunite in Bangkok
Parties to the Montreal Protocol reunite in Bangkok
Featured 22 July 2022

After two years of virtual meetings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances

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Chefs Say “Cooling Keeps Food Fresh” in a Global Campaign
Featured 27 June 2022

50 years of UNEP
50 years of UNEP
Video 1 September 2022

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2022.

The Hole - A film on the Montreal Protocol, narrated by Sir David Attenborough
The Hole - A film on the Montreal Protocol, narrated by Sir David Attenborough
Video 1 September 2022

The Montreal Protocol is one of the most successful universally ratified environmental treaties and example of succes

2021 review
2021: a year in review
Video 31 December 2021

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Mario Molina: a life in profile
Video 8 December 2021
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WOD2021 videos
Video 27 September 2021

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Reset Earth: One Ozone. One Planet. One Chance – the movie
Video 1 January 2021

2020: a year in review
2020: a year in review
Video 1 December 2020

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World Ozone Day 2020 – Ozone for life!
Video 1 September 2020

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Spotlight on the vital work carried out by the Assessment Panels
Video 8 November 2019

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Thirty-five years of successful ozone layer and climate protection
Press Release 14 September 2022

Montreal Protocol: Global cooperation protecting life on earth

Parties to the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol
Parties to the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol meet and adopt 18 key decisions
Press Release 1 November 2021

Nairobi, 1 November 2021 – From 23 to 29 October 2021, parties and other stakeholders convened onlin

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Parties to the Montreal Protocol continue online discussions on unexpected emissions of CFC-11 and energy efficiency
Press Release 20 July 2021

Nairobi, 20 July 2021 – From 14-17 July 2021, parties and other stakeholders to the Montreal Protoco

Parties to the Montreal Protocol make key decisions
Parties to the Montreal Protocol make key decisions
Press Release 30 November 2020

What: Combined twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (part I) and Thirty-Second Meeting o

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Parties to the Montreal Protocol meet to take decisions on budget and other key issues
Press Release 22 November 2020

What: Combined twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (part I) and Thirty-Second Meeting o

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Parties conclude online discussions on the replenishment of the Multilateral Fund
Press Release 17 July 2020

 

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Countries commit to protect the ozone layer and climate under the Montreal Protocol
Press Release 12 November 2019

Rome, 8 November 2019 – Delegates representing 171 parties to the Montreal Protocol concluded their

Countries to continue efforts to protect the ozone layer
Parties to the Montreal Protocol meet in Bangkok
Press Release 6 July 2019

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Montreal Protocol closes annual meeting with new mandates
Press Release 12 November 2018

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Kigali Amendment Kigali Amendment
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.

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Working towards climate neutrality Working towards climate neutrality
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 ...

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World Ozone Day

2022

2022

Montreal Protocol - Global cooperation protecting life on earth

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2021

2021

Montreal Protocol - Keeping us, our food and vaccines cool

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2020

2020

Ozone for life: 35 years of ozone layer protection

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2019

2019

32 years and healing

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2018

2018

Keep cool and carry on

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2017

2017

30th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol: we are all ozone heroes

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2016

2016

Ozone and climate: restored by a world united

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2015

2015

Precious ozone: 30th anniversary of the Vienna Convention and international ozone day 2015

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2006 - 2014

2006 - 2014

Earlier celebrations of international ozone day

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