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UNIDO and #WorldEnvironmentDay 2019 - Together we can #BeatAirPollution
UNIDO is continuing to work with governments and industry to reduce industrial pollution and improve air quality.
Ecuador – pioneering the destruction of ozone depleting substances
Ecuador is the first South American country to successfully destroy chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) avoiding emissions of GWG and ozone depletion. The Government, UNIDO and the private sector have been working together to give a chance to the environment.
ODS Destruction in the United States and Abroad
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol), finalized in 1987, is a global agreement to protect the stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances (ODS).
UNIDO has mobilized US$849m to protect the ozone layer and reduce global warming
Since becoming an implementing agency of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol in 1992, UNIDO has completed around 1,400 projects to phase-out ozone-depleting substances in developing countries and economies in transition.
Mexico helps protect the climate by destroying ozone-depleting substances
Extremely large amounts of ozone-depleting substances are improperly stored in several countries which lack the infrastructure to destroy them. Mexico took a big step towards solving this problem.
Paris Agreement on climate change is essential for inclusive and sustainable industrial development
LI Yong, the Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), reiterates UNIDO’s support for the Paris Agreement on climate change as a crucial step towards achieving a greener, sustainable future, limiting the harmful effects of climate change.
Horticultural grafting boosts Mexican women while saving the ozone layer
“Grafting has changed my life. Little by little, different aspects of it are improving,” says Laura Isela, a plant grafter at Rancho Los Pinos, Baja California, Mexico. Since being trained in the technique and starting work as a grafter, she has benefitted from some life-changing experiences, such as being able to pay for higher education for her children and buy her own house.
The Montreal Protocol – UNIDO rises to the ozone challenge
2012 marks the 25th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.