| ID | 123042 |
| Title Proper | How big business can save the climate |
| Other Title Information | multinational corporations can succeed where governments have failed |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Patchell, Jerry ; Hayter, Roger |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In September 1987, representatives of 24 countries met in Montreal and accomplished a rare feat in international politics: a successful environmental accord. The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, which UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan later called "perhaps the single most successful international agreement to date," set the ambitious goal of phasing out chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other dangerous chemicals. It worked: by 1996, developed countries had stopped their production and consumption of CFCs, and by 2006, the 191 countries that had ratified the protocol had eliminated 95 percent of global ozone-depleting emissions. |
| `In' analytical Note | Foreign Affairs Vol. 92, No.5; Sep-Oct 2013: p.17-22 |
| Journal Source | Foreign Affairs Vol. 92, No.5; Sep-Oct 2013: p.17-22 |
| Key Words | International Politics ; Kofi Annan ; Montreal ; Chlorofluorocarbons ; Montreal Protocol ; UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ; Global Warming ; Greenhouse Gas |