NEET2011BotanyEnvironmental IssuesActual
The Montreal Protocol refers to
Options
- Apersistent organic pollutants
- Bglobal warming and climate change
- Csubstances that deplete the ozone layer
- Dbiosafety of genetically modified organisms
Correct answer
C. substances that deplete the ozone layer
Step-by-step solution
World's major producers and consumers of pollutants met at Montreal (Canada) on September 16,1987 to solve the problem of ozone thining in stratosphere. 24 countries signed the protocol that came into force on january 1, 1989. This protocol refers to the substances such as CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons), methane that deplete the ozone layer.