Combating Climate Change Given Big Confidence Boost in Canada An historic agreement to tackle the twin challenges of protecting the ozone layer and combating climate change has been agreed by governments. Nations signed up to an accelerated freeze and phase out of substances known as hydrochlorflurocarbons (HCFCs) under the 20 year-old Montreal Protocol- the UNEP treaty established in 1987 to protect the Earth's ozone layer from chemical attack.
Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director's speech at the 19th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol [English]
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Message of the UN Secretary General on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
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