Implementation & International Monitoring on the Example of Ozone

1/2 Read on Montreal Protocol:
a. 1985 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, and the related 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (refer to texts as necessary)

b. EPA Ozone Protection Layer, International Treaties and Coperation about the Protection of the Stratospheric Ozone Layer (short webpage overview)

c. Morrisette, “The Evolution of Policy Responses to Stratospheric Ozone Depletion,” 29 Natural Resources Journal 793 (1989) (short summary notes Montreal Protocol roots in domestic political discussions)

d. Peter M. Haas, “Banning Chlorofluorocarbons: Epistemic Community Efforts to Protect Stratospheric Ozone,” International Organization, Vol. 46, No. 1, Knowledge, Power, and International Policy Coordination. (Winter, 1992), pp 187-224.

e. Report of the First Extraordinary Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, UNEP/OzL.Pro.ExMP/1/3, UN Environment Program, 03/27/04, pp 1-20 (US replacements for methyl bromide are only now reaching advanced testing circa 15 years later)

f. Elizabeth Barrett-Brown, “Building a Monitoring and Compliance Regime Under the Montreal Protocol,” 16 Yale Intl LJ 519 (1991)

2/2 Read on European Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution:

a. 1979 European Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution

b. European Convention’s list of 8 Protocols 1984-2019 (including targeted substances, just look at the short descriptions as an overview)

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