Saving the ozone layer. (Focus on Survival of the Planet)

From: UN Chronicle | Date: June 1, 1989 | Copyright information

A Saving the Ozone Layer" conference was held in March in London, organized by the Government of the United Kingdom and UNEP. While there, 20 countries promised to sign the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The Protocol, which entered into force on 1 January 1989 and has now been signed by 45 countries as well as the European Economic Community, calls for a 50 per cent reduction in the production of ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by th...

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