Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
Signed 22 March 1985
Location Vienna
Effective 22 September 1988
Condition ratification by 20 states
Signatories 28[1]
Ratifiers 197[1]
Depositary Secretary-General of the United Nations
Languages Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish

The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer is a Multilateral Environmental Agreement. It was agreed upon at the Vienna Conference of 1985 and entered into force in 1988. In terms of universality, it is one of the most successful treaties of all time, having been ratified by 197 states (all United Nations members as well as the Holy See, Niue and the Cook Islands) as well as the European Union.[1]

It acts as a framework for the international efforts to protect the ozone layer. However, it does not include legally binding reduction goals for the use of CFCs, the main chemical agents causing ozone depletion. These are laid out in the accompanying Montreal Protocol. One of the outcomes of the Vienna Convention was the creation of a panel of governmental atmospheric experts known as the Meeting of Ozone Research Managers, which assesses ozone depletion and climate change research and produces a report for the Conference of Parties (COP.)[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer". United Nations Treaty Series. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  2. ↑ Wettestad, Jorgen (2001). Environmental Regime Effectiveness: Confronting Theory with Evidence. MIT Press. p. 150. ISBN 9780262263726.
The Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar, addressing at the 21st International Day for the preservation of the Ozone layer and the 30th anniversary of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone layer, in New Delhi on September 16, 2015.
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