An information sharing platform known as the informal Prior Informed Consent (iPIC) system is helping countries enforce the work of the Montreal Protocol. Recent collaboration between China and Thailand using the iPIC system, for example, has resulted ...
New data suggests that the record ozone hole discovered over the Arctic in March is now closed. Despite the unprecedented size causing alarm, scientists were quick to dispel the assumption that this must be due to a spike in ozone-depleting substances....
Cold temperatures and strong winds combined to create one of the deepest and largest holes in the ozone layer in recent years, but efforts to phase down ozone-depleting chemicals mean the hole is much smaller than it could have been, scientists fr...
What: Combined twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (part I) and Thirty-Second Meeting of the Parties
Who: Government officials, experts and other stakeholders from the 198 parties to the Mon...
What: Combined twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (part I) and Thirty-Second Meeting of the Parties
Who: Government officials, experts and other stakeholders from the 198 parties to the Montreal...
The pandemic situation has continued into 2021, with strengthened measures being implemented in some countries to contain the increases in COVID-19 infections. Although vaccines are now available and being rolled out, it may take time before it becomes...
To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrated each year on 11 February, the Ozone Secretariat is delighted to showcase the tremendous work and dedication of 2 scientists working passionately for the Montreal Proto...
Professor Paul J. Crutzen, another esteemed champion of ozone layer protection has passed at the age of 87.
He was at the forefront of atmospheric research, specifically the role of ozone in the stratosphere and troposphere. In 1970 Professor...
Global emissions of CFC-11, the second most abundant ozone-depleting substance controlled by the Montreal Protocol, dropped sharply from 2018 to 2019. The drop is comparable to the emission increase that occurred from 2012 to 2017, which may have resul...
To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March 2021, we asked female delegates working for the Montreal Protocol why it is so important to have more women in positions of influence?
Reflecting back on a year of unprecedented challenges, also ...