World Ozone Day 2025

In 2025, it is forty years since nations came together under the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and agreed to take appropriate measures to protect people and the planet from harmful UV radiation pouring through a potentially damaged ozone layer. Based on additional scientific information, the Montreal Protocol was adopted and chlorofluorocarbons started being phased out setting the ozone layer on the road to recovery.

On World Ozone Day, the achievements of the Montreal Protocol and Vienna Convention are celebrated. These international treaties remain crucial for monitoring ozone and UV radiation levels, as well as ozone-depleting substances and other chemicals, such as hydrofluorocarbons (greenhouse gases), being phased out under the Kigali Amendment.

COPA members put a light on the importance of ozone protection during the World Ozone Day through different activities and events. For example, Botswana has a media workshop on ozone protection and a "Fill-Up Your Gas" campaign promoting responsible vehicle AC servicing.

To share photos, initiatives or activities for the World Ozone Day with COPA, just send an e-mail to the COPA Secretariat at: contact@copalliance.org

UN Website for the World Ozone Day (click link).