International Environmental Law and PolicyNews

Ozone Depletion
2000 Developments

12/15/00	Summary of Twelfth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
10/10/00	Chilean health officials warn public to avoid excessive sun exposure due to recent reports of higher levels of radiation caused by ozone depletion
09/08/00	NASA announces the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica has grown to a record high of three times the size of the U.S.
08/30/00	Unexpected severe reduction in ozone levels over Antarctica observed
08/29/00	UN issues report revealing a 30 percent decrease in ozone over Antarctica, a greater amount than predicted
07/31/00	Aerosol releases from Asia due to rapid industrialization causes widespread pollution in Asia and beyond, inducing global climate change
06/06/00	Increased polar stratospheric clouds indicate higher ozone depletion over the Arctic Circle than anticipated
04/06/00	EU reports that record cold and continued pollution this past winter caused the loss of more than 60 percent of ozone layer above the Arctic Circle
01/24/00	Increasing ozone depeletion over Europe may give rise to ozone hole