ESS11
Prof. Jin-Yi Yu
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Successful Case of the Adaptive
Approach
q In 1987, the world agreed in the Montreal Protocol that each country would
limit its production of the chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) that contribute to the depletion of
the ozone hole.
q This decision was made before
clear evidence that CFCs are harmful to the ozone
layer.
q The regulations were agreed in
subject to periodic reviews to accommodate new scientific results.