Briefing Note on the Workshop on HFC Management

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

The Workshop on Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) Management convened from 11-12 July 2014 in in Paris, France. The workshop was convened in response to discussions held at the twenty-fifth Meeting of the Parties (MOP 25) to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The sessions addressed four topics related …

Twenty-fourth meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer – Summary & Analysis

Ethical MarketsEarth Systems Science

The twenty-fourth Meeting of the Parties (MOP 24) to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 12-16 November 2012. The meeting was attended by over 550 participants representing governments, UN agencies, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, academia, industry and the agricultural sector. …

Ozone loss and climate change are now “intimately” connected

Ethical MarketsTrendspotting, Earth Systems Science

Ethical Markets’ colleagues at the  scientific group HELIO report new discovery. – Hazel Henderson, editor  Published on Thursday, July 26, 2012 by Common Dreams Increase in Extreme Storms Causing ‘Rapid Ozone Destruction’ Injection of water vapor makes ozone layer sensitive to global warming — and geoengineering – Common Dreams staff …

Global Campaign to Bestow Legal Rights on Mother Earth

kristyGlobal Citizen, Sustainability News

Published on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 by Inter Press Service Global Campaign to Bestow Legal Rights on Mother Earth by Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS – An international coalition of academics and environmental activists has launched a global campaign for the creation of a new U.N. convention to protect “mother earth”. …