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COMPLEX LINKAGES BETWEEN OZONE AND CLIMATE CHANGE |
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COMPLEX LINKAGES BETWEEN OZONE AND CLIMATE CHANGE
The In 1994, The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the 16th September
of every year as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer,
to commemorate the signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete
the Ozone Layer which was signed on 16 September,1987. Simply, this day marks
the signature date, in 1987, of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete
the Ozone Layer. The Montreal Protocol is now addressing the accelerated
phase-out of HCFCs as per the decision of the 19th Meeting of the Parties (MOP)
to the Montreal Protocol in September, 2007. India, being a Party to the
Montreal Protocol, has National Strategy to Phase-out of CFCs in the manufacture
of Metered Dose Inhalers (MDIs) and it is targeted to eliminate the use of CFCs
in MDIs by 2013.
The Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion Report 2010,
published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP), provides an understandingof the complex linkages
between ozone and climate change. The report reaffirms that the Montreal
Protocol is working as it has protected the stratospheric ozone layer from much
higher levels of depletion by phasing out production and consumption of ozone
depleting substances. In 2010, the reduction of ozone depleting substances as
aresult of the Montreal Protocol,expressed in CO -equivalent emissions, i.e.
about 10 Giga tonnes per year. It is about five times larger than those targeted
by the first commitment period 2008-2012 of the Kyoto Protocol.
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