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Parties to the Montreal Protocol Meet to Discuss Continued and Increased Ozone Layer Protection
News 16 July 2025

The forty-seventh meeting of

Refrigeration - cool technology heating up the planet
Refrigeration - cool technology heating up the planet
News 25 June 2025

It could be argued that refrigeration is perhaps one of our best inventions.

How the world protected the Ozone layer?
How the world protected the Ozone layer?
Video 25 June 2025

How the Ozone layer protect us?
How the Ozone layer protect us?
Video 25 June 2025

Professor Xiaoyan Tang
In memory of Professor Xiaoyan Tang (1932-2025)
News 13 June 2025

The Ozone Secretariat is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Professor Xiaoyan Tang on 11 June 2025.

Dr. Satyendra Kumar Purkayastha
In Memory of Dr. Satyendra Kumar Purkayastha (1953–2025)
News 8 April 2025

We are deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of Dr.

40 years of the Vienna Convention: From science to global action
40 years of the Vienna Convention: From science to global action
Video 7 April 2025

Vienna Convention at 40
Celebrating 40 Years of the Vienna Convention: From Science to Global Action - A brief history
Featured 17 March 2025

 

International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day
Featured 7 March 2025

Equitable and equal access to resources, employment, remuneration and opportunities; some of the tools of empowerment

2022 A Year in Review
2022 A Year in Review
Video 15 December 2022
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WOD2022
WOD 2022 MP@35
Video 15 September 2022
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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

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

Globe
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

COP/MOP
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

OEWG42
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

City of Quito
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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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

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UN Environment Statement on CFC Emissions
Press Release 6 May 2018
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    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

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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.

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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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