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Home > News > Features > International Ozone Day > 84 days to go International Ozone Day Preface: Ozone layer protection has been stressed as one of the most important efforts to implement the Green Olympics, which together with High-Tech Olympics and People's Olympics, are the three concepts of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. BOCOG has been collaborating with UNEP-OzonAction Programme and SEPA to make Olympic Game ozone friendly, and has decided to prohibit the use of ODS or its products in the construction of facilities and other activities. -- Compiling of environmental guidelines for the Olympic project construction/renovation, accommodation, marketing, and other big events of the Olympics. -- Exclusion of ODS in the Olympic projects procurement plans for air-conditioners, fire-extinguishing equipment and construction materials. -- Specific measures to be implemented in the Games-time big events, catering & accommodation and transportation services to further enhance the protection during the Games. more>> Efforts awarded BOCOG was honored a gold prize of the third annual Ozone Layer Protection Contribution Award on Sept. 16, 2005. more>> News about ozone layer Int'l convention, treaty and amendments Scientific concern started in 1970 when Prof. Paul Crutzen pointed out the possibility that nitrogen oxides from fertilizers and supersonic aircraft might deplete the ozone layer. more>> The 1985 Vienna Convention encourages intergovernmental cooperation on research, systematic observation of the ozone layer, monitoring of CFC production, and the exchange of information. more>> The Multilateral Fund Chemicals controlled by the Montreal Protocol The Multilateral Fund of the Montreal Protocol is part of the financial mechanism established under the Protocol in June 1990. It pays the agreed incremental costs incurred by developing countries in phasing out their consumption and production of ozone-depleting substances. more>> Ninety-six chemicals are presently controlled by the Montreal Protocol, including Halo-carbons, Carbon tetrachloride, Methyl chloroform (1,1,1-trichloroethane), Hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs), Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), Methyl bromide (CH3Br) and Bromochloromethane (BCM). more>> ODS phase-out schedules Developing countries have a grace period before they must start their phase-out schedules. This reflects the recognition that developed countries are responsible for the bulk of total emissions into the atmosphere and that they have more financial and technological resources for adopting replacements. more>> Backgrounder • What is ozone and how do we define ultraviolet radiation? more>> • What determines the level of UV-B at a particular location? more>> • What are the effects of stratospheric ozone depletion on certain processes and cycles in the environment? more>> • What is the effect of exposure to UV-B on mammals? more>> • What is the effect of exposure to UV-B on the skin? more>> • How does UV-B affect the immune system? more>> • What is the effect of UV-B exposure on aquatic life? more>> • What are the effects of increased UV-B radiation on crops and forests? more>> • What risks do the breakdown products of HFCs and HCFCs present to humans and the environment? more>> Ozzy Ozone China's Commitment China endeavors to protect ozone layer Since the adoption of the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol, China has been active in the global actions and taking great efforts in phase-out of ozone depleting substances. more>> Chronicle events of ozone action in China China's proposal for setup of multi-lateral fund mechanism was adopted at the First Meeting of Parties from April 26 to May 5, 1989. more>>

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