International agreements/ conference on atmospheric pollution

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  • 1979 Geneva Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution

    In November 1979 in Geneva, this agreement resulted in the signature of the Convention on Long range Transboundary Air pollution by 34 Governments and the European Community(EC).
  • 1984 Geneva Protocol on Long-term Financing of the Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP)

    The Executive Body adopted the Protocol on the Long-term Financing of the Co-operative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP) in Geneva (Switzerland) on 28 September 1984.
  • Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985)

    Convention for the protection of the ozone layer is a multilateral environmental agreement signed In 1985 that provided frameworks for international reductions in the production of chlorofluorocarbons due to their contribution to the destruction of the ozone layer, resulting in an increased threat of skin cancer.
  • Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (1987

    The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the Montreal Protocol) is an international agreement made in 1987. It was designed to stop the production and import of ozone depleting substances and reduce their concentration in the atmosphere to help protect the earth's ozone layer.
  • 1994 Oslo Protocol on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions

    The Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions is an agreement to provide for a further reduction in sulphur emissions or transboundary fluxes. It is a protocol to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution and supplements the 1985 Helsinki Protocol on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions.
  • 2020 Dehli protocol concerning the emissions of nitrogen oxides

  • 2021 Bejing Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants