Dear
Journalists,
This
is what you have been waiting for! There is now a small corner
of cyberspace where you can find out more about ozone layer
protection and its linkages with climate change.
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Bhutan
Raising Gross National Happiness: Deriving Climate Benefits
from Ozone Layer Protection
 Thimpu,
10 August 2010 - Today, a small country in the lap
of Himalaya has taken a giant step. Bhutan, one of the
few countries in the world where sustainable development
is embedded in its constitution, has made a historic decision
to further advance the phase out of the Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
(HCFCs) – a powerful Green House Gas and Ozone Depleting
substance by 10 years.
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fast tracks its commitment
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out HCFCs by 2020 - Kuensel
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JumpStart
Partnership Achieving Climate Benefit from HCFC Phase-out
29 July 2010, Brussels
– Up to 25 GtCO2-eq. emissions between now and
2050 could be eliminated through the phase-out of Hydrochloro-fluorocarbons
(HCFCs). Such phase-out will also bring a net benefit
of advancing the recovery of the ozone layer by up to
3.3 years. Today a tool-box developed by the OzonAction
Branch of UNEP DTIE, with the support of the European
Commission (ENRTP), the Swedish Environmental Protection
Agency and the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation
of the Montreal Protocol, was launched to help developing
countries to contribute to this goal.
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Download E-books
HCFC policy & legislative options
Guidance
on the Process for Selecting Alternatives to HCFCs in
Foams
Alternatives
to HCFCs in the Refrigeration and Air conditioning Sector
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The
Unparalleled Success of the Montreal Protocol Shows that
Action on
 Climate
Change is Within our Grasp
Without the action prompted
by the Montreal Protocol and its Vienna Convention, atmospheric
levels of ozone-depleting substances
would grow 10-fold by 2050. The resulting exposure to
the sun's ultraviolet radiation would likely have led
to up to 20 million additional cases of skin cancer and
130 million more cases of eye cataracts; it would also
have caused damage to human immune systems, wildlife and
agriculture. For much of the world, the time it takes
to get sunburned would have been dramatically reduced,
due to a 500-per cent increase in DNA-damaging ultraviolet
radiation...
An excerpt from the Millennium
Development Goals Report 2010
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the full report
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Pakistan
Committed to its Obligations
03 July, 2010, Islamabad
– Pakistan is fully committed to its international
obligations towards protecting the earth and its fragile
atmosphere, Minister for Environment Hameed Ullah Jan
Afridi said.
He expressed these views while addressing an international
seminar on 'Impact of Ozone Depleting Substances and Energy
Efficiency in Defence Applications', held in Bhurban by
the Ministry of Environment in collaboration with United
Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP).
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SOURCE:
The News, Pakistan
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Major
climate decisions brewing in obscure ozone treaty talks
18 June 2010- Governments moved closer Friday to
curbing the use of chemicals commonly used as coolants
in refrigerators, air conditioners, hair spray and other
household items in what some say would be among their
biggest climate decisions ever.
The obscure round of U.N. ozone treaty talks in Geneva,
which few people are following, laid the groundwork
this week for a possible decision in Uganda in November
to halt the promotion of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs,
which are manmade chemicals not found naturally in the
environment, and are considered greenhouse gases.
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Maldives
is Walking the Talk: Deriving Climate Benefits from
Ozone Layer Protection
 Male,
10 June 2010- Today, President Mohamed Nasheed,
the Vice President and a number of ministers from the
Maldives announced an important Joint Declaration for
the Implementation of the HCFC
Phase out Management Plan (HPMP) during the inauguration
of the High-Level Roundtable Dialogue on HPMP and its
contribution on Carbon Neutrality.
"We believe
that going green isn't just ecologically sound but also
 economically
beneficial. The Maldives is famed for its luxury resorts,
whose refrigeration systems are the source of most of
the country's HCFC emissions. Moving early to phase
out the use of HCFCs not only helps protect the beautiful
tropical environment tourists come to see but also positions
Maldives as a strong eco-destination" said President
Nasheed."
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