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Overview for the meetings of the ozone treaties in 2020-2021

News 29 May 2020

Montreal Protocol likely to avert 443 million skin cancer cases in the United States

News 21 May 2020

Arctic ozone hole closes

News 29 April 2020

New data suggests that the record ozone hole discovered over the Arctic in March is now closed.

iPIC system helps prevent an illegal shipment of 72 tonnes of HCFC-22

News 22 April 2020

An information sharing platform known as the informal Prior Informed Consent (iPIC) system is helping countries enfor

Unusual conditions over the Arctic

News 6 April 2020

Message from the Secretariat on COVID-19

News 30 March 2020

The global corona virus pandemic is a concern for us all and is a reality to all of us, no matter where we live

International Women's Day 8 March

News 6 March 2020

Twenty-five years ago, the Beijing Platform

Women working for the Montreal Protocol to protect the ozone

News 10 February 2020

International Day of Women and Girls in Science is marked every year on 11 February.

Did you know……. the ozone layer is the Earth’s sunscreen protecting humans from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation?

News 4 February 2020

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Spotlight on the vital work carried out by the Assessment Panels

Video 8 November 2019

How the Kigali Amendment reduces climate change

Video 3 January 2019

Be cool and save the ozone layer

Video 4 September 2018

In 2017, the ozone hole's annual maximum set a record -- the smallest it's been since 1988

Video 2 November 2017

This year, the ozone hole's annual maximum set a record -- the smallest it's been since 1988.

Montreal Protocol 30th anniversary

Video 15 September 2017

Made on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol

UN Secretary General: 30th Anniversary of Montreal Protocol

Video 12 September 2017

Made on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol

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 SDGs

Video 6 July 2016

How will the Montreal Protocol contribute to delivering on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development?

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

Montreal Protocol closes annual meeting with new mandates

Press Release 12 November 2018

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

Increased research and observation crucial to efforts to continue to protect the ozone layer and climate

Press Release 10 October 2018

Top ozone experts from around the world highlighted the need for increased research and observations to inform policy

UN Environment Statement on CFC Emissions

Press Release 6 May 2018

Countries begin preparing for implementation of the Kigali Amendment

Press Release 10 October 2017

At their 39th meeting in Bangkok from 11 to 14 July, the Open-Ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol

Ozone Treaty’s Role in Combating Climate Change Tops Environment Ministers Meeting in Canada

Press Release 19 September 2017

Photo credit: Allan Castaneda

New ‘Ozone Heroes’ campaign celebrates efforts to protect all life on Earth

Press Release 13 September 2017

In honour of the 30^th anniversary of the landmark Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone L

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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 ...

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