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'' As we forge into the future, we recognize that science will deposit new information that will suggest the abandonment of practices that we hold to be safe today. ... We are confident, therefore, that our affiliation with the Montreal Protocol for ridding the planet of ozone depleting substances would enhance our contribution to its noble global cause. ''

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2010: Welcome to a new reality of CFC-free world - As the first day of 2010 dawns, the world is waking up to a new reality, one springing from an unparalleled confidence in human ingenuity and a collective belief that "we can".
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4 January 2010
US EPA 2010 Ozone Layer Protection AwardsThe US Environmental Protection Agency
2010 Ozone Layer Protection Awards

Call for nominations extended until 1st March 2010
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Climate Benefit from Ozone Layer Protection: "Low Hanging Fruits" Climate Benefit from Ozone Layer Protection:
"Low Hanging Fruits"
a new booklet which will be of interest to anyone involved in cross-cutting issues between the ozone protection and climate protection communities, launched by the Outreach Division of the United Nations Department of Public Information
(UN DPI) -New York
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4 December 2009 | UN DPI
2010 and Then? Building on the Montreal Protocol's Success and Facing the Challenges Ahead 2010 and Then? Building on the Montreal Protocol's Success and Facing the Challenges Ahead
The OzonAction' Special issue 2009 features articles from international experts highlighting their views on many topics subject of discussion during the 21st Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol and the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change...
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October 2009 | UNEP OzonAction

Reducing Abrupt Climate Change Rrisk Using the Montreal Protocol and Other Regulatory Actions to Complement Cuts in CO2 EmissionsReducing Abrupt Climate Change Rrisk Using the Montreal Protocol and Other Regulatory Actions to Complement Cuts in CO2 Emissions
Mario Molina, Durwood Zaelke, K. Madhava Sarma, Stephen O. Andersen, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, and Donald Kaniaru
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9 October 2009 |PNAS

Right on Target: Developing Countries' Phase-out ScheduleRight on Target:
Developing Countries' Phase-out Schedule
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30 January 2010
1- Emissions of Potent Greenhouse Gas Increase Despite Reduction Efforts
2- Now Climate-Change Scientists Say Ozone Hole Stops Global Warming
3- Tougher E-waste Policies Coming (South Africa)
4- EPA Announces Ban on Importation of Substances that Deplete Ozone Layer (Ghana)
5- VCS Extends Scope to Include Ozone-Depleting Substances
6- Call for Nominations for U.S. EPA Montreal Protocol Awards
7- NEC Develops Environmentally Friendly Flame Retardant Bioplastic


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2009 OzoNews Readers Survey - Report Read/Download the Report


Countdown to Compliance for Article 5 countries
2010
-39 days or
-1 months to go
              CFCs & halons phased out
2015
1787 days or
59 months to go
 Methyl bromide phased out
New HCFC targets   
2013
1057 days or
35 months to go
              HCFC freeze
2015
1787 days or
59 months to go
              HCFC reduction to 90% of baseline

 


 

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