Regarding the Montreal Protocol communication after the Kigali Amendment

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ID21570514
AuthorsJúlio J Conde (0000-0001-8739-6893, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, corresponding author), Pablo Angel Meira Cartea (0000-0003-0194-7477, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
Year2024
Volume40
Issue1
Pages65-69
Publication date2024-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Journal of Environmental Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0814-0626 • E-ISSN: 2049-775X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/aee.2023.35
OpenAlexW4387514420
LanguageEN
References cited11

The Kigali Amendment introduced a new family of chemical compounds, which do not contribute to stratospheric ozone depletion but present a high global warming potential, under the watch of the Montreal Protocol in 2016. Earlier this year, a press note from the World Meteorological Organization entitled “Ozone layer recovery is on track, helping avoid global warming by 0.5°C” caught our attention because of the wrong conclusions that can be potentially drawn by laypersons due to an apparent linkage of ozone depletion and global warming problems. Public communication of the Montreal Protocol since the Kigali Amendment should be more careful than ever to avoid lessening the social perception of the threat of climate change, particularly considering that society already has a distorted representation of these problems, assuming causal relations between ozone depletion and climate change, that could lead to unfounded optimism towards the climate crisis

Climate change · Geography · Global warming · Meteorology · Montreal Protocol · Optimism · Ozone · Ozone Depletion · Ozone layer · Political science · Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols · Atmospheric Ozone and Climate · Climate Change and Geoengineering · Environmental Science · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Ecology

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