For the first time in history, “on October 26, the US joined a legally binding global action specifically to combat climate change.”
Introduced at a United Nations meeting in 1987, the Montreal Protocol has evolved over time to phase out not only chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), then considered the most destructive to the ozone layer, but also hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs). ) and hydrofluorocarbons that replaced CFCs but also contribute negatively to climate change.
The United Nations Environment Program estimates that “the Montreal Protocol will prevent over 443 million cases of skin cancer, 2.3 million deaths from skin cancer and 63 million cataracts" alone in the United States.
Researchers have found that around 2.5°C of warming by 2100 will be averted by non-HFC aspects of the Montreal Protocol.
The Montreal Protocol is an example of a rare major success of diplomacy and treaties on climate change.
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Yale Climate Connections, EPA, UNEP
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