Environmental effects of ozone depletion and its interactions with climate change: Progress report 2005

ANDRADY A; AUCAMP PJ; BAIS AI; BALLARE CL; ET AL

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Royal Chemical Society

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2006 vol. 5 p. 13 - 24

1474-905X

The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985) exerts its specific actions via the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (1987). Almost all countries are involved; only six, with limited release of ozone depleting substances, have not yet ratified the Protocol. The Parties to the Montreal Protocol are informed by three panels of experts. One of these is the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (EEAP), which deals with effects of ozone depletion and its interactions with climate change. The EEAP produces an extensive assessment report for the Parties to the Montreal Protocol every four years, and in the intermediate years a brief Progress Report is prepared. These assessments aim at readability for non-specialists, but are based on scientific information published in the scientific literature. The latest full report was published in Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2003, 2, 1–72 and the previous progress report in Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2005, 4, 177–184.