UNEP CFC Production Freeze Agreement Year
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is a global body focused on environmental issues. It facilitates international cooperation to address environmental challenges.
One of UNEP's major successes was coordinating an international agreement to tackle the depletion of the ozone layer caused by substances like Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The objective was to stabilize the atmospheric concentration of these harmful chemicals.
An agreement was reached to freeze the production and consumption of major CFCs at their 1986 levels. This pivotal international treaty, known as the Montreal Protocol, was signed in 1987.
Therefore, the year UNEP succeeded in forging the agreement to freeze CFC production at 1986 levels was 1987.
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