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Reworking the Ozone Treaty to Work for Climate Change

An international treaty to limit ozone-depleting chemicals was signed into law in Montreal 23 years ago. Since then the Montreal Protocol has been adopted by every nation on earth. Organizers are hoping to take some procedures acquired in that success and

In 1987 the international community came together in Montreal to agree on limits to ozone-depleting chemicals. More than two decades later, organizers like Durwood Zaelke, president of the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development, are looking to see how lessons learned from that success might be applied to climate change. He talked with host Bruce Gellerman.