Question 43
MediumOriginal questionThe Montreal Protocol of 1987 deals with
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CorrectNot quiteAnswer A
Correct answer: A
Explanation
The Montreal Protocol controls the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances, chiefly chlorofluorocarbons.
It sits under the Vienna Convention of 1985, which established the framework two years earlier.
The three other subjects listed belong to the Kyoto Protocol, the Basel Convention and CITES respectively.
Worth noting
Ozone depletion and climate change are different problems with different treaties, and conflating them is the single commonest error in this topic. Ozone is Vienna and Montreal; climate is the Framework Convention, Kyoto and Paris.
- Concept
- What the Montreal Protocol regulates
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