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AIIMS 2006
Exam
AIIMS
Year
2006
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Environmental Issues

AIIMS 2006 · Botany · Environmental Issues

The Montreal Protocol refers to

The Montreal Protocol refers to

Options

  1. Apersistent organic pollutants
  2. Bglobal warming and climate change
  3. Csubstances that deplete the ozone layer
  4. Dbiosafety of genetically modified organisms.

Correct answer

C. substances that deplete the ozone layer

Step-by-step solution

The montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer was signed in Montreal, Canada, by over 150 countries at a convention in 1987 to cut use of CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons). The aim of the Protocol was to protect the ozone layer in the stratosphere by decreasing and eventually eliminating the use of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) like CFCs. It is regarded as one of the most successful international treaties in modern history.
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