40th anniversary of the Vienna Convention for the protection of the ozone layer: International environmental agreement to celebrate birthday

Source: Switzerland – Department of Foreign Affairs in English

The Earth’s protective ozone layer is recovering – a success story that started 40 years ago with the Vienna Convention. Global atmospheric measurements are crucial for the regulation and monitoring of ozone-depleting substances. With their data from the high alpine research station on Jungfraujoch, Empa researchers are a significant partner within the global measurement network – and even detect previously unknown substances on a regular basis.