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Nitrous Oxide Poses Ozone and Climate Risks

 
  • United Nations Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer – The Montreal Protocol of the Convention could be expanded to include the control of processes leading to N2O emissions;
  • United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity – Targets for reducing N2O emissions could be linked to the Convention’s Aichi Biodiversity Target 8 on nutrient pollution;
  • UNECE Convention on the Long Range Transport of Air Pollution – This UNECE Convention could be expanded to cover controls of N2O and to include new countries that are a major source of N2O emissions;
  • Global Program of Action on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA) – This intergovernmental process could play a key advisory role in implementing N2O emission reduction measures building on its existing remit for nutrient management.
 

Check the following link to read/download the Full Report:
http://www.unep.org/publications/ebooks/UNEPN2Oreport/

 

Source: UNEP.