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It is an international environmental treaty governing actions to combat climate change through adaptation and mitigation efforts directed at control of emission of GreenHouse Gases (GHGs) that cause global warming. It was adopted in 1992. It came into force in 1994.
The Montreal Protocol has proven to be innovative and successful, and it is the first treaty to achieve universal ratification by all countries in the world.
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes. Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter.
The Montreal Protocol is signed by 197 countries – the first treaty in the history of the United Nations to achieve universal ratification – and is considered by many the most successful environmental global action.
The Paris Agreement is a landmark in the multilateral climate change process because, for the first time, a binding agreement brings all nations together to combat climate change and adapt to its effects.
World leaders sign the Paris Agreement on climate change The UN Climate Change Conference, also known as COP21, leads to a landmark climate agreement. At the meeting in Paris, France, 195 countries adopt the world's first universal and legally binding global climate deal.
Numerous conventions followed, such as the Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Kyoto Protocol, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and the Stockholm Convention on ...
Given all of these factors and more, the Montreal Protocol is considered to be one of the most successful environmental agreements of all time.
The Montreal Protocol also makes important contributions to the realization of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Given all of these factors and more, the Montreal Protocol is considered to be one of the most successful environmental agreements of all time.