Ozone depletion

Accordingly, the GEF ozone depletion focal area involves support to the economies in transition in Eastern Europe and Central Asia for mitigating ozone layer depletion (for countries not covered under the Montreal Protocol's financial mechanism). GEF OPS2, at 5.

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Global changes, in particular climate change and the depletion of the ozone layer, remain major threats to the integrity of the Antarctic environment.

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Current state of the ozone layer.

on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Among these threats, ozone depletion is high on the agenda.

Of greatest concern are three closely intertwined issues the occurrence of health damaging air pollution the build up of heat trapping greenhouse gases and the depletion of the Earth's protective stratospheric ozone layer.

These include climate change, ozone depletion, chemical issues and loss of biodiversity.

Holes in the ozone layer exposed Australians to cancer causing radiation.

for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol

Financial reports and budgets for the trust funds for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

It has long been understood that stratospheric ozone depletion and climate change are linked.

Adjustments to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

All of these ozone depleting substances contain either chlorine or bromine (substances containing only fluorine do not harm the ozone layer).

The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer provides the framework for Parties to phase out the production and consumption of ozone depleting substances (ODS) according to a strict time table.

(b) International agreements, including bilateral agreements relevant to the protection of the ozone layer

Montreal Protocol Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, 16 Sept. 1987, as amended, http www.unep.org ozone pdfs Montreal Protocol2000.pdf.

(a) National laws, administrative measures and legal research relevant to the protection of the ozone layer

Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Beijing, 3 December 1999

Illegal trade in ozone depleting substances is controlled by the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, which aims to gradually reduce and finally phase out all ozone depleting substances.

The representative of an environmental non governmental organization called for urgent action on both ozone depletion and climate change.

The ozone layer in the stratospheric layer of the atmosphere protects life on earth from the harmful effects of certain wavelengths of the sun's ultra violet light.

(vi) Annex II to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, 1985, Information exchange

It is anticipated that near complete recovery of the Antarctic ozone layer will occur by approximately 2050.

Recognizing the need to further reduce methyl bromide emissions in an effort to protect the ozone layer,

Concerns that destruction of the ozone layer could result in significant harm to human health and the environment led governments in 1985 to adopt a framework agreement, the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, to begin addressing the problem.

Since methyl bromide had a short atmospheric lifetime, reductions in its use would have an immediate effect on ozone depletion.

(c) Methods and terms of licensing and availability of patents relevant to the protection of the ozone layer.

In the 1970s, emissions of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in industrial applications were linked to destruction of the ozone layer.

The ozone layer plays an important role in depleting the amount of ultraviolet (UV) radiation that reaches the surface.

Structure Earth The Earth's atmosphere consists, from the ground up, of the troposphere (which includes the planetary boundary layer or peplosphere as lowest layer), stratosphere (which includes the ozone layer), mesosphere, thermosphere (which contains the ionosphere), exosphere and also the magnetosphere.

This led to Upper Atmosphere Research Program and later the Earth Observing System (EOS) satellites in the 1990s to monitor ozone depletion.

Information on any other adverse effects to the environment should be included where available, such as environmental fate (exposure), ozone depletion potential, photochemical ozone creation potential, endocrine disrupting potential and or global warming potential.

Those Parties who celebrated Ozone Day this year are to be commended and all Parties are urged to consider celebrating Ozone Day as a way of promoting awareness both of the ozone regime and of the continuing need for vigilance in our efforts to protect the ozone layer.

Report of the Fourth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, annexes IX, X (1992), http www.unep.org ozone Meeting_Documents mop 04mop 4mop 15.e.pdf.

Twenty years ago, governments adopted the Montreal Protocol, a treaty to protect the Earth s ozone layer from emissions of destructive chemicals.

Information provided by the Parties in accordance with Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Ultraviolet light Although the concentration of the ozone in the ozone layer is very small, it is vitally important to life because it absorbs biologically harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation coming from the sun.

c. Examine possibilities of developing classification criteria for ozone depleting substances in cooperation with the Meeting of Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (in cooperation with OECD)

That year, a large hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic was detected, prompting Vienna Convention parties quickly to negotiate a graduated phase out of ozone depleting substances under the Montreal Protocol.

Additional Information provided by the Parties in accordance with Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

The ozone layer, which absorbs ultraviolet energy from the Sun, is located primarily in the stratosphere, at altitudes of 15 to 35 km.