News

News

Ozone Hole
Ozone Layer on Track to Recovery: Success Story Should Encourage Action on Climate
Press Release 10 September 2014

Nairobi/Geneva, 10 September 2014 (UNEP/WMO) - The Earth's protective ozone layer is well on track t

Record Stratospheric Ozone Loss in the Arctic in Spring of 2011
Record Stratospheric Ozone Loss in the Arctic in Spring of 2011
Press Release 5 April 2011

GENEVA 5 APRIL 2011 (WMO) ­ Depletion of the ozone layer ­ the shield that protects life on Earth fr

ozone tracking
New Report Highlights Two-Way Link Between Ozone Layer and Climate Change
Press Release 16 September 2010

Geneva/Nairobi, 16 September 2010 – International efforts to protect the ozone layer—the shield that

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 Climate Change Key Issue at International Meeting in Egypt
Press Release 2 November 2009

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

Ozone Hole
Ozone Treaty Anniversary Gifts Big Birthday Present to Human Health and Combating of Climate Change
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
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

Ozone hole
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

Featured

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.

Read more
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 ...

Read more

World Ozone Day

2022

2022

Montreal Protocol - Global cooperation protecting life on earth

Read more
2021

2021

Montreal Protocol - Keeping us, our food and vaccines cool

Read more
2020

2020

Ozone for life: 35 years of ozone layer protection

Read more
2019

2019

32 years and healing

Read more
2018

2018

Keep cool and carry on

Read more
2017

2017

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

Read more
2016

2016

Ozone and climate: restored by a world united

Read more
2015

2015

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

Read more
2006 - 2014

2006 - 2014

Earlier celebrations of international ozone day

Read more