We are entering an age of unprecedented environmental breakdown, IPPR warns
Deadly combination of damage to land, soil, air, water and animal populations alongside climate change is creating catastrophic global risk, says IPPR report.read more
View ArticleIPPR warning on age of unprecedented environmental breakdown
The world faces a growing risk of a 'perfect storm' of runaway changes caused by widespread environmental breakdown, according to a ground-breaking report by the Institute for Public Policy Research...
View ArticleThe following is a joint announcement from the MIT Joint Program on the...
Since 2013, annual emissions of a banned chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) have increased by nearly 8,000 tons from eastern China, according to new research published in Nature by an international team of...
View ArticleOzone depletion impacting human health
Changes to our ozone layer over the past 40 years have affected levels of UV radiation and therefore the risk of people developing skin cancer, an international study has found.read more
View ArticleSearch, Reuse and Destroy: Initiating Global Discussion to Act on a 100...
Search, Reuse and Destroy: Initiating Global Discussion to Act on a 100 Billion Ton Climate Problem.read more
View ArticleGlobal cooperation and climate friendly technologies are key to tackling...
FAO Director-General addresses Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.read more
View ArticleEIA Response to New Study Estimating Impact of Illegal CFC-11 on Ozone Hole...
Washington DC – A new paper due to be published in Nature on Thursday December 19, 2019 looks at the potential delay to the ozone hole recovery caused by unexpected CFC-11 emissions. After scientists...
View ArticleEPA Rescinds Requirements on Super-Pollutant HFCs, Reversing Basic Safeguards...
Washington DC – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a final rulemaking to rescind requirements to limit leaks of super-pollutant hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants from large cooling...
View ArticleEIA Response to New Nature Paper on Urgent Need to Recover and Destroy CFC Banks
Washington D.C. – A new paper published in Nature today warns that emissions from ‘banks’ of ozone-destroying CFCs, could potentially delay the Antarctic ozone hole recovery by about six years. The new...
View ArticleIn 2016, scientists at MIT and elsewhere observed the
This environmental milestone was the result of decades of concerted effort by nearly every country in the world, which collectively signed on to the Montreal Protocol. These countries pledged to...
View ArticleSusan Solomon earns Killian Award, MITs highest faculty honor
Atmospheric chemist is recognized for her “leadership in working toward real-world solutions to address the global climate crisis.”read more
View ArticleCommon CFC replacements break down into persistent pollutants
Alison Criscitiello, a glaciologist at the Canadian Ice Core Laboratory at the University of Alberta and an author of the new study, drills an ice core from the Devon Ice Cap, Nunavut, in the Canadian...
View ArticleBuilding back better: US$17.8m for UNIDO projects in support of ozone...
VIENNA, 18 December 2020 - In the midst of the global pandemic, the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MLF) has successfully...
View ArticleWith Omnibus Legislation, Congress Takes Strong Action on Greenhouse Gases
The American Innovation and Manufacturing Act is “one of the strongest actions that Congress has taken to directly address climate change.”read more
View ArticleAmong Omnibus Legislation, Congress Takes Strong Action Against Greenhouse Gases
The American Innovation and Manufacturing Act represents “one of the strongest actions that Congress has taken to directly address climate change.”read more
View ArticleASHRAE and UN Environment Programme Launch Three-Year Workplan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Karen Buckley Washington Public Relations Specialist kbwashington@ashrae.orgread more
View ArticleBan on CFCs protects plants ability to mitigate climate change
An international ban on ozone-depleting chemicals, introduced in the 1980s, has given the planet a greater chance of avoiding significant rises in global warming, by protecting vegetation.read more
View ArticleThe Social Cost of Nitrous Oxide is Understated Under Current Estimates, New...
The social cost of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas that is the largest remaining threat to the ozone layer, is understated, concludes an international team of researchers.read more
View ArticleScientists develop new method to assess ozone layer recovery
Researchers have developed a new method for assessing the impacts of ozone-destroying substances that threaten the recovery of the ozone layer. Calais Document Category: EnvironmentTechnologyTopics:...
View ArticleImport limits reduced for potent greenhouse gases
HFCs have a global warming potential more than 50 times higher than carbon dioxide. The EPA has been working to reduce their use since 2019, following domestic legislation and international agreements....
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