Name: Can we solve global warming? Lessons from how we protected the ozone layer
Uploaded: 2019-01-29T15:50:53Z
Duration: 9 min 40 s
Description: The Montreal Protocol proved that the world could come together and take action on climate change. Thirty years after the world's most successful environmental treaty was signed, atmospheric scientist Sean Davis examines the world we avoided when we banned chlorofluorocarbons -- and shares lessons we can carry forward to address the climate crisis in our time.

The Montreal Protocol proved that the world could come together and take action on climate change. Thirty years after the world's most successful environmental treaty was signed, atmospheric scientist Sean Davis examines the world we avoided when we banned chlorofluorocarbons -- and shares lessons we can carry forward to address the climate crisis in our time.

Sean Davis: Can we solve global warming? Lessons from how we protected the ozone layer

Can we solve global warming? Lessons from how we protected the ozone layer

Action without absolute certainty: Lessons from Montreal Protocol's success in halting ozone depletion guide climate action.

Unity in crisis: Montreal Protocol's triumph shows diverse groups - from governments to civilians - must collaborate on climate.

Montreal Protocol's triumph: phased out ozone-depleting substances, delayed global warming over a decade, hinting at unified climate action.