Ozone layer treaty will slow climate change by protecting plants

The international treaty to protect the ozone layer has had the inadvertent benefit of protecting plants and avoiding up to 1°C of future climate change this century, almost as much as the world has warmed to date.

Ozone layer treaty will slow climate change by protecting plants
Environment 18 August 2021

By Adam Vaughan

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Campaigners people the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer successful Jakarta, Indonesia, successful 2017

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The planetary pact to support the ozone furniture whitethorn person the inadvertent payment of preventing up to a further 1°C of warming this century, done the extortion it gives to plants.

The Montreal protocol of 1987 banned ozone-destroying CFCs to halt an summation successful ultraviolet radiation breeching Earth’s ambiance and threatening the wellness of humans and ecosystems. The ozone “hole” has since begun to retrieve and is expected to person healed by the …

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