Healing the ozone layer through diplomacy
The Montreal Protocol shows what is possible when science, diplomacy, and business cooperate to implement international environmental agreements. When the people became aware of a hole in the ozone layer
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer
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Induced innovation and international environmental agreements: evidence from the ozone regime
Global environmental problems are some of the most pressing issues that humanity is facing. There are few examples of success at resolving them; the fight to protect the ozone layer is one of them. This
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Montreal Protocol and beyond: 17 stories along the journey from ozone layer protection to sustainable development
This publication is a collection of stories that celebrate the changing face of industry, reflecting on how the efforts supported by UNIDO to improve the environmental performance of the productive sector,
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Optimal cooling pathways of India: an implementation framework of ICAP
The demand of active cooling systems such as air conditioners and chillers is increasing rapidly. This leads to an increase in emissions of Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) and Hydro-Chlorofluorocarbons (HCFC),
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Differential upper ocean response depicted in moored buoy observations during the pre-monsoon cyclone Viyaru
<p>The pre-monsoon cyclone Viyaru in the Bay of Bengal during May 2013 traversed a long track from 5°N to 22°N over 7 days with basin-wide response, which was well captured by the time series observations
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Ozone-depleting substances 2019
The European Union (EU) has achieved its goals to phase out ozone-depleting substances under the Montreal Protocol. A new European Environment Agency (EEA) report shows that in 2018 the EU again destroyed
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Global distribution of methane emissions, emission trends, and OH concentrations and trends inferred from an inversion of GOSAT satellite data for 2010–2015
<p>We use 2010–2015 observations of atmospheric methane columns from the GOSAT satellite instrument in a global inverse analysis to improve estimates of methane emissions and their trends over the
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Persistent spring shortwave cloud radiative effect and the associated circulations over Southeastern China
<p>Clouds strongly modulate regional radiation balance and their evolution is profoundly influenced by circulations.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/cloud-radiative-effect-China-circulation.pdf"
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China factories releasing thousands of tonnes of illegal CFC gases, study finds
Industries in north-eastern China have released large quantities of an ozone-depleting gas into the atmosphere in violation of an international treaty, scientists have said. Since 2013, annual emissions
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Japan weather bureau sees 80 percent chance of El Nino continuing into summer
Japan’s weather bureau on Wednesday said the El Nino weather pattern appeared to be continuing, with an 80 percent chance it would stretch into the northern hemisphere summer. El Nino is a warming of