Media Preview of Latest Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion Implications for Global Action on Climate Change Wednesday, 10 September 2014, at 14:15 Press Briefing Room (S-237), UN Headquarters Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director and Assessment Panel Co-Chairs: Dr. Paul Newman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Prof. A.R. (Ravi) Ravishankara, Colorado State University The Assessment for Decision-Makers, a summary document of the Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion 2014, is the work of a United Nations panel of 300 scientists and is the first comprehensive update in four years. The report analyses the impact on the Earth’s protective ozone layer of concerted international action since the adoption of the Montreal Protocol in 1987. It also assesses the implications of the phaseout of ozone-depleting substances on efforts to address climate change. An advance copy of the Assessment for Decision-Makers is available, under strict embargo, to interested media. Media without UN press accreditation should visit the webpage of the UN Media Accreditation and Liaison Unit -- un.org/en/media/accreditation/index.shtml -- or contact them at +1 212-963-6934/6937, e-mail: [email protected] For media queries, please contact: Jim Sniffen, UNEP-NY, at +1-212-963-8094; [email protected] The press conference will be webcast live at webtv.un.org Questions can be emailed to [email protected] for subsequent reply. For more information, please visit: wmo.int/pages/prog/arep/gaw/ozone/index.html and unep.org/ozone.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 12:15:14 +0000
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