A Council Decision of 12 December 1991 "concerning the conclusion of the amendment to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer as adopted in June 1990 in London by the Parties ...

Without the global CFC ban we would already be facing the reality of a 'scorched earth', according to researchers measuring the impact of the Montreal Protocol. Their new evidence reveals the planet's ...

The government plans to build a monitoring network in the wake of a study that attributed a spike in an ozone-depleting chemical to two Chinese provinces. When atmospheric models traced a mysterious ...

The Montreal Protocol, an international agreement signed in 1987 to stop chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) destroying the ozone layer, now appears to be the first international treaty to successfully slow ...

New modelling by the international team of scientists paints a dramatic vision of a scorched planet Earth without the Montreal Protocol, what they call the 'World Avoided'. This study draws a new ...

Emissions of a small group of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), man-made chemicals that destroy Earth’s protective ozone layer and fuel global warming, are back on the rise after their production was all ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Since the Montreal Protocol was signed in 1987, countries have phased out most of the ozone-damaging gases, but their replacements, the HFCs, are ...

These chemicals create holes in the ozone layer and are powerful greenhouse gases. They’ve been banned since 2010, but pollution has kept growing. These chemicals create holes in the ozone layer and ...

CFC-11 was banned for its ozone-damaging properties, but scientists have tracked a resurgence in recent years. The ozone hole, shown here in 1979 and 2008, is expected to take decades to heal. Credit: ...

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 ...

A mystery source of banned, ozone-destroying chemicals has been pinpointed to eastern China. Scientists noted a spike in the amount of chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, in the atmosphere last year, ...

Broken pieces of Arctic sea ice north of Svalbard, Norway. Credit: aldiami/Andreas Alexander / Alamy Stock Photo. The Montreal Protocol – which aims to reduce emissions of ozone-depleting gases – has ...