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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

Did you also know that………?

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

Spotlight on the vital work carried out by the Assessment Panels

Video 8 November 2019

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

Press Release 2 November 2009

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

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

Press Release 22 September 2007

Governments Agree to Accelerated ‘Freeze and Phase-out” of Ozone and Climate- Damaging Chemicals at Montreal

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

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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 ...