Protecting the Ozone Layer
Subtitle: The United Nations History
Contributors: Kofi Annan (Foreword)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Published: February 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 513
ISBN-13: 9781844071722
Subjects: Chemical pollution; International environmental law; Public Policy - General; History; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Political Science; Environmental Studies; Prevention; Politics/International Relations; Ozone layer depletion; Environmental Science; Political Science / Public Policy; 20th century
First sentence: The ozone layer forms a thin shield in the stratosphere, approximately 20-40km above the Earth's surface, protecting life below from the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation (Box 1.1).