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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

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SunSmart Global UV App helps protect you from the dangers of the sun and promotes public health
News 21 June 2022

21 June 2022, Geneva, Nairobi, A new app for mobile phones that provides localized information on ul

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Egypt looks to the cooling power of the sea for air conditioning
Featured 17 June 2022

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Continental-scale contributions to the global CFC-11 emission increase between 2012 and 2017
News 18 March 2022

CFC-11 made headlines in 2018 when scientists alerted the world of an

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Women of the Montreal Protocol making a difference
News 4 March 2022

The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day, “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow

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Launch of the online introductory course ‘International legal framework on ozone layer protection’
Featured 14 February 2022

Designed for government representatives and national stakeholders new to the Vienna Convention and Montreal Protocol,

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Women working for the Montreal Protocol and environmental protection
News 10 February 2022

 

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Ozone Secretariat launches free teacher toolkits to teach tweens importance of ozone layer and environmental protection
News 22 January 2022

Nairobi, Kenya, 24 January 2022 - In support of World Education Day and teachers looking for new mat

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

Assessment reveals healing ozone
Assessment reveals healing ozone, untapped potential for climate action
Press Release 8 November 2018

Update, 1 Februrary 2019 - The full report of the 2018 Quadrennial Assessment of Ozone Depletion has

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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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