The Montreal Protocol
The Montreal Protocol is a global agreement to protect the stratosphere ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances (ODS).
Rwanda Signed
Rwanda Ratification
25 May 2017
Countries ratified
197
The Montreal protocol aims to regulate the production and use of chemicals that contribute to the depletion of the Earth ozone layer
Rationale
Fluorinated gases have a very high global warming potential. Therefore, even small atmospheric concentrations can have disproportionately large effects on global temperatures. They also have long atmospheric lifetimes. In this respect, international agreements such as the Vienna Convention and its related Montreal Protocol and the Kigali Amendment to the protocol have been signed.
The Vienna Convention was adopted on 22 March 1985 in Vienna, Austria, and has been effective since 22 September 1988. It acts as a framework for international efforts to protect the ozone layer. Legally binding reduction goals for the use of CFCs, the main chemical agents causing ozone depletion, are reflected in the Montreal Protocol.
197 countries are parties to the Vienna Convention and Rwanda ratified it on 25 May 2017.
Focal Point: Martine Uwera (muwera@rema.gov.rw)
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