International Day for the Preservation of The Ozone Layer 2012

Short documentary: Alternatives to HCFCs: Taking on the challenge

This short documentary video (15mins) seeks out answers from the technical experts closest to the issue and showcases some inspiring conversion projects. Indeed, with financial assistance and technology transfer facilitated by the Protocol's Multilateral Fund, developing countries are already taking on the challenge, thus paving the way for the adoption of ozone and climate friendly alternatives to HCFCs.

Montreal Protocol @25 Video

This video will be produced to capture worldwide celebrations on the successes of the Montreal Protocol and the future challenges to come.
For further information on the guidelines for this video please click here.


25th Anniversary Information Kit

 This kit produced by the Ozone Secretariat contains the following useful information:

 Brief premier on the Montreal Protocol
 Continuing and future challenges facing the ozone layer protection effort 
Key achievements of the Montreal Protocol to date
 Map of the Regional Networks 
 Paperless Conferencing System 
 Some ideas for stories on Montreal Protocol related matters
 The MP on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer - 2012: A success in the making 
 Twenty questions and answers about the ozone layer: 2010 update 
The MP on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer - Achievements in Stratospheric Ozone Protection

The Montreal Protocol

The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (a protocol to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer) is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion. The treaty was opened for signature on September 16, 1987, and entered into force on January 1, 1989, followed by a first meeting in Helsinki, May 1989. Since then, it has undergone seven revisions, in 1990 (London), 1991 (Nairobi), 1992 (Copenhagen), 1993 (Bangkok), 1995 (Vienna), 1997 (Montreal), and 1999 (Beijing). It is believed that if the international agreement is adhered to, the ozone layer is expected to recover by 2050. Due to its widespread adoption and implementation it has been hailed as an example of exceptional international co-operation, with Kofi Annan quoted as saying that "perhaps the single most successful international agreement to date has been the Montreal Protocol". The two ozone treaties have been ratified by 197 states and the European Union making them the most widely ratified treaties in United Nations history. Terms and purposes The treaty is structured around several groups of halogenated hydrocarbons that have been shown to play a role in ozone depletion. All of these ozone depleting substances contain either chlorine or bromine (substances containing only fluorine do not harm the ozone layer).  The Montreal Protocol on Substaces That Deplete the Ozone Layer