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Protecting the Ozone Layer

Lessons, Models, and Prospects

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Philippe G. Prestre

    1. Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

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  2. John D. Reid

    1. Environment Canada, Canada

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  3. E. Thomas Morehouse

    1. Institute for Defense Analyses, USA

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    1. The Montreal Regime: A New Model for International Cooperation on Global Environmental Issues?

      • Philippe G. Le Prestre, John D. Reid, E. Thomas Morehouse
      Pages 1-10

  3. The Scientist and the Politician

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Stratospheric Ozone Chemistry

      • Mario Molina
      Pages 13-18

    3. The Story of the Ozone Layer: Lessons Learned and Impacts on the Future

      • Mostafa K. Tolba
      Pages 19-25

  4. The Role of Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. The Evolving Uv Climate

      • James B. Kerr
      Pages 29-38

    3. Uv-B Effects on Aquatic Ecosystems

      • Robert Worrest
      Pages 39-42

    4. Effects of Uv-B on Plants and Terrestrial Ecosystems

      • Manfred Tevini
      Pages 43-46

    5. Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Uv-Induced Immune Suppression: Implications for Human Health

      • Edward C. De Fabo
      Pages 47-54

    6. Effects on Skin and Eyes

      • Jan C. van der Leun
      Pages 55-58

    7. Uv Index: A Tool for Public Response

      • Anne O’Toole
      Pages 59-66

    8. What Should Be Done in a Science Assessment

      • Daniel Albritton
      Pages 67-74

    9. Commentary on Presentation by Daniel Albritton

      • Gordon McBean
      Pages 75-77

  5. The Role of Diplomacy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. The Montreal Protocol as a New Approach to Diplomacy

      • Richard Elliot Benedick
      Pages 81-89

    3. The Montreal Protocol: A New Legal Model for Compliance Control

      • Patrick Széll
      Pages 91-98

    4. The Use of Trade Measures in the Montreal Protocol

      • Duncan Brack
      Pages 99-106

    5. The Montreal Regime: Sticks and Carrots Comments

      • Peter H. Sand
      Pages 107-111

    6. International Cooperation an Example of Success

      • Juan Antonio Mateos
      Pages 113-116
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Protecting the Ozone Layer: Lessons, Models, and Prospects Since the mid-1980s, the international community has adopted several significant instruments designed to reverse the degradation of the life support systems of the planet. None of these international agreements have been as successful as the 1987 Montreal Protocol in creating the incentives and mechanisms for protecting the ozone layer. Through the efforts of industry, government and public interest groups, national commitments and achievements have progressed further and faster than expected, while the list of controlled chemicals has expanded. Now in its second decade, the Protocol enters a crucial phase of its implementation.
Protecting the Ozone Layer: Lessons, Models, and Prospects presents a wealth of information about the scientific, legal-political, and technological hurdles that we will have to overcome if humanity is to reverse its self-destructive course. The technology section in particular should appeal to industries affected by ozone layer protection as well as those affected by climate protection, since this is the first ozone publication featuring insights by the companies that spearheaded the major technological breakthroughs.
Every initiative to improve the environmental performance of industry has been accompanied by pronouncements of economic devastation, from acid rain to auto emissions standards, from auto mileage improvements to the protection of the ozone layer. Each new initiative brought claims from industry that this situation was different, yet none of their predictions have come true. At a time when industry fights efforts to protect the environment, the ozone experience shows both how technical breakthroughs have enabled environmental protection policies to work in the past and how they will work again in the future.
Protecting the Ozone Layer: Lessons, Models, and Prospects is the product of a Colloquium that was organized in September 1997 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Montreal Protocol. Contributions have been gathered from researchers and practitioners in the field, including some of the very same scientists whose work awakened the international community to the seriousness of the danger that humanity now faces. Other contributors include the scholars and diplomats who wrote and negotiated the text of the Protocol and its amendments, and the key figures who have been influential in convincing industry to support the process.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

    Philippe G. Prestre

  • Environment Canada, Canada

    John D. Reid

  • Institute for Defense Analyses, USA

    E. Thomas Morehouse

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Protecting the Ozone Layer

  • Book Subtitle: Lessons, Models, and Prospects

  • Editors: Philippe G. Prestre, John D. Reid, E. Thomas Morehouse

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5585-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-8245-4Published: 30 September 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7555-5Published: 13 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-5585-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 232

  • Topics: Climate Change, Atmospheric Sciences, Environmental Management

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