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 ...
UNEP, in collaboration with hundreds of UN personnel from across the UN System, annually collects and analyses information provided by entities on their environmental impacts and publishes this data and case studies in the Greening the Blue Report: The...
How the Kigali Amendment can help cut food loss, bringing even more sustainability benefits
In a world where hundreds of millions of people go hungry every year, and agriculture is a major dr...
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18 May 2021
As we progress into the second quarter of 2021, it is evident that despite the increased roll-out of the various COVID vaccines, waves of increased infection rates resulting in national lockdowns continue to impede any possibilities of in-person meetin...
Nairobi, 25 May 2021 – Over the course of 21, 22 and 24 May 2021, parties and other stakeholders to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone convened online to discuss the replenishment of the Multilateral Fund for ...
Rome, 8 November 2019 – Delegates representing 171 parties to the Montreal Protocol concluded their Thirty-first Meeting of the Parties in Rome, Italy, from 4 to 8 November, with a number of key decisions based on rounds of negotiati...
What: 31st Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol
Who: Environment leaders and officials from the 198 parties to the Montreal Protocol
When & Where: 4 to 8 November 2019 in R...