Environmental effects of ozone depletion and its interactions with climate change: progress report, 2015
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108762
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Abstract
The Parties to the Montreal Protocol are informed by three P anels of experts. One of these is the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (EEAP), which deals with two f o- cal issues. The first focus is the effects of increased UV radiation on human health, a n- imals, plants, biogeochemistry, air quality , and materials. The second focus is on inte r- actions between UV radiation and global climate change and how these may affect h u- mans and the environment . When considering the effects of climate change, it has become clear that processes r e- sulting in changes in stratosphe ric ozone are more complex than previously believed . As a result of this, human health and environmental problems will be longer - lasting and more regionally variable. Like the other Panels, the EEAP produces a detailed report every four years; the most r ecent was published as a series of seven papers in 20 15 ( Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. , 20 15 , 14 , 1 - 184) . In the years in between, the EEAP produces less detailed and shorter Progress Report s, which highlight and assess the significance of developments in ke y areas of importance to the Parties . The present Progress Report for 20 15 is a short r e- port . A full Quadrennial Assessment , more detailed in terms of technical information, will be made available in 20 18 . T he 2015 Progress Report highlights the interactive nature of the effects of UV radi a- tion, atmospheric processes, and climate change
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Andrady, A. L., Aucamp, P. J., Austin, A. T., Bais, A. F., Ballare, C. L., Barnes, P. W., Bernhard, G. H., Bjorn, L. Olof., Bornman, J. F., Erickson, D. J., de Gruijl, F. R., Hader, D. -P., Ilyas, M., Longstreth, J., Lucas, R. M., Madronich, S., McKenzie, R. L., Neale, R. E., Norval, M., Paul, N. D., Pandey, K. K., Redhwi, H. Halim ., Robinson, S. A., Rose, K. C., Solomon, K. R., Sulzberger, B., Takizawa, Y., Torikai, A., Tourpali, K., Williamson, C. E., Wilson, S. R., Wangberg, S., Worrest, R., Young, A. R. & Zepp, R. G. (2016). Environmental effects of ozone depletion and its interactions with climate change: progress report, 2015. United States: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).