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The
Montreal Protocol in the Declaration of Leaders Meeting of
Major Economies on Energy Security and Climate Change, Hokkaido
Toyako Summit, 9 July 2008
The meeting, held
alongside the G8 Summit, was part of a process initiated by
the US Government in 2007. In Japan, the leaders of the G8
countries plus leaders from Australia, Brazil, China, India,
Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, South Africa and
the EU agreed on a political declaration of major economies,
which focused on climate change and energy issues... and declared:
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3. Third, recognizing the need for urgent action and the Bali
Action Plan's directive for enhanced implementation of the
Convention between now and 2012, we commit to taking the actions
in paragraph 10 without delay. ...
10. To enable the full, effective, and sustained implementation
of the Convention between now and 2012, we will: Continue
to promote actions under the Montreal Protocol on Substances
That Deplete the Ozone Layer for the benefit of the global
climate system; " ...
9 July 2008| MoFA, Secretariat
for the G8 Summit, Japan
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Tata
Young launches 'Ozzy Goes Island Hopping'
Tata Young, Thailand's
top international recording artist today launched the cartoon
booklet 'Ozzy Goes Island Hopping' at the Twenty-eighth meeting
of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal
Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer in Bangkok,Thailand,
7–11 July 2008.
7 July 2008| UNEP
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Zayed Award: Winners Announced (4th Cycle 2005-2007)
H.H. Sheikh Maktoum
bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai
presented the world's most prestigious environment award,
the Zayed International Prize for the Environment carrying
a total prize money of US$ 1 million in Dubai yesterday [9
June 2008]
Among the 4th Cycle 2005-2007 winners: Prof. V. Ramanathan
is among the most distinguished climatologists in the world.
He identified the famous chlorofluorocarbons, stratospheric
ozone and other pollutants as significant factors in the anthropogenic
greenhouse effect ...
9 June 2008| Zayed
International Prize for the Environment Foundation, UAE
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