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2017 Ozone Awards: Call for Entries
2017 Ozone Awards: Call for Entries
Story 10 September 2017

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Montreal Protocol, the Ozone Secretariat, in cooperatio

Countries to Continue Efforts to Control Greenhouse Gases under the Montreal Protocol
Countries to Continue Efforts to Control Greenhouse Gases under the Montreal Protocol
Press Release 14 July 2017

Photo credit: Jovana Rankovic

TIME Magazine Names
TIME Magazine Names Montreal Protocol Atmospheric Scientist Dr. Guus Velders Among Most Influential People of 2017
Story 1 July 2017

Washington DC– TIME Magazine has named 

The Climate’s Low-Hanging Fruit
The Climate’s Low-Hanging Fruit
Story 1 July 2017

Next month, signatories to the 1989 

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NASA provides first direct evidence of ozone hole recovery
Story 14 March 2017

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 14 October 2016

Sir David Attenborough narrates the extraordinary history of the Montreal Protocol to raise awareness of the 28th Mee

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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

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Montreal Protocol and the SDGs
Video 6 July 2016

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

Scientific Assessment Panel of Montreal Protocol Gets New Co-Chairs
Scientific Assessment Panel of Montreal Protocol Gets New Co-Chairs
Story 1 July 2016

Parties to the Montreal Protocol have selected David Fahey of the United States and Bonfils Safari of Rwanda to serve

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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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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

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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