The treaty is universal with 197 member countries. It is legally binding with penalties for countries that flout its provisions. And it is fully funded, meaning poorer countries that might not have ...

Washington, D.C. — Today, as the 25th annual meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol is taking place in Bangkok, the Center for American Progress released an analysis highlighting why the ...

A 3D rendering of the ozone hole evolution in 2025. Forty years after global policymakers began grappling with the crisis posed by a gaping hole in Earth’s protective ozone layer over Antarctica, the ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. In 1985, the British ...

Thanks to the Montreal Protocol, the ozone layer - which was severely damaged 30 years ago - is recovering, protecting millions from skin cancer, cataracts, and mitigating climate change. The Montreal ...

New research shows that the 1987 global treaty, designed to protect the ozone layer, has postponed the occurrence of the first ice-free Arctic by as much as 15 years. When scientists discovered a hole ...

DENVER — A scientist who helped lead a United Nations report on the Earth's protective ozone layer said on Tuesday that "we have solved this problem. On the other hand vigilance is required." David W.

On Saturday 16 th September, Kenya joins the international community in marking the 2023 World Ozone Day, also known as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. During this ...

New York, NY—May 22, 2023—When scientists discovered a hole over Antarctica in 1985, countries across the globe got together and wrote a treaty designed to protect the ozone layer, which shields the ...