Seventeenth Meeting of the Parties to

The import was in fact another chemical that is not controlled by the Protocol.

The report of the forty fifth meeting of the Executive Committee to the Multilateral Fund, held in April 2005, recorded the Committee's approval of a methyl bromide agreement with Chile, under which the Party committed itself to reducing total national consumption of methyl bromide to no more than the following levels of consumption in the years listed below

2005 170 ODP tonnes 2006 125 ODP tonnes 2007 84.0 ODP tonnes 2008 65.0 ODP tonnes 2009 50.0 ODP tonnes 2010 43.0 ODP tonnes 2011 36.0 ODP tonnes 2012 31.0 ODP tonnes 2013 zero ODP tonnes.

The agreement further stated that Chile committed to permanently sustaining these annual consumption levels through the use of import restrictions and other policies it may deem necessary .

As Chile's methyl bromide baseline is 212.51 ODP tonnes, the above phase out schedule would ensure the Party returned to compliance with the Protocol's methyl bromide control measures in 2005.

Ozone Depletion 50 million

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

Financial reports and budgets of the trust funds of the Vienna Convention

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Future ozone concentrations are mainly driven by the changes in stratospheric halogen loading, with ozone recovery occurring after the peak of halogen loading.

Lesotho has reported its outstanding data for 2003, including halon consumption of 1.0 ODP tonne, which is in excess of its obligation under the Protocol to freeze halon consumption at its baseline level of 0.2 ODP tonnes, but does represent a reduction in halon consumption compared to 2002, indicating that the Party was working towards compliance with the Protocol's control measures in accordance with paragraph 5 of decision XVI 25.

(v) Article 4 of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, 1985, Cooperation in the legal, scientific and technical fields

This represents an increase in consumption, compared to the downward trend of the preceding four years, during which time Azerbaijan reduced its CFC consumption from 87.76 ODP tonnes in 2000 to 10.2 ODP tonnes in 2003.

The plan includes Lesotho's commitment to reduce its halon consumption from 1.8 ODP tonnes in 2002 to 0.8 ODP tonnes in 2004, to introduce a quota system for the import of halon and a ban on the import of halon based equipment and systems in 2005.

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.

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.

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

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

Yemen is also a party to environmental conventions on Biodiversity, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, and Ozone Layer Protection.

But this is only part of the story that we celebrate on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (September 16).

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

Review of the recommendations adopted at the fifth meeting of the Ozone Research Managers, and the resulting decisions of the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, in particular decision VI 3.

Models suggest that the minimum ozone concentration in the stratosphere above Antarctica will occur prior to 2010 and that recovery to 1980 levels may be expected in the middle of the twenty first century.

The actions taken to preserve the stratospheric ozone layer provide an example of remarkable success of scientific and political cooperation in addressing a major environmental threat.

There's lots of mystery in the details, and there's some bad side effects, like it partially destroys the ozone layer and I'll get to that in a minute.

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

Special report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel on safeguarding the ozone layer and the global climate system.

Azerbaijan has responded to decision XVI 21, reporting its Annex A group I substances (CFC) consumption for 2004 of 69.9 ODP tonnes.

If all of the ozone were removed from the atmosphere, the amount of UVB radiation would equal the amount of UVA radiation on the ground.

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