{"product_id":"9780792382454","title":"Protecting the Ozone Layer: Lessons, Models, and Prospects","description":"\u003ch1\u003eProtecting the Ozone Layer: Lessons, Models, and Prospects\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eLe Prestre, Philippe G.; Reid, John D.; Morehouse Jr., E. Thomas\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProtecting the Ozone Layer: Lessons, Models, and  Prospects\u003c\/em\u003e Since the mid-1980s, the international community has  adopted several significant instruments designed to reverse the  degradation of the life support systems of the planet. None of these  international agreements have been as successful as the 1987 Montreal  Protocol in creating the incentives and mechanisms for protecting the  ozone layer. Through the efforts of industry, government and public  interest groups, national commitments and achievements have progressed  further and faster than expected, while the list of controlled  chemicals has expanded. Now in its second decade, the Protocol enters  a crucial phase of its implementation. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cem\u003eProtecting the Ozone Layer: Lessons, Models, and Prospects\u003c\/em\u003e  presents a wealth of information about the scientific,  legal-political, and technological hurdles that we will have to  overcome if humanity is to reverse its self-destructive course. The  technology section in particular should appeal to industries affected  by ozone layer protection as well as those affected by climate  protection, since this is the first ozone publication featuring  insights by the companies that spearheaded the major technological  breakthroughs. \u003cbr\u003e  Every initiative to improve the environmental performance of industry  has been accompanied by pronouncements of economic devastation, from  acid rain to auto emissions standards, from auto mileage improvements  to the protection of the ozone layer. Each new initiative brought  claims from industry that this situation was different, yet none of  their predictions have come true. At a time when industry fights  efforts to protect the environment, the ozone experience shows both  how technical breakthroughs have enabled environmental protection  policies to work in the past and how they will work again in the  future. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cem\u003eProtecting the Ozone Layer: Lessons, Models, and Prospects\u003c\/em\u003e is  the product of a Colloquium that was organized in September 1997 to  celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Montreal Protocol.  Contributions have been gathered from researchers and practitioners in  the field, including some of the very same scientists whose work  awakened the international community to the seriousness of the danger  that humanity now faces. Other contributors include the scholars and  diplomats who wrote and negotiated the text of the Protocol and its  amendments, and the key figures who have been influential in  convincing industry to support the process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1998-09-30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792382454\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4615-5585-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 232\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46312360444044,"sku":"9780792382454","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792382454.jpg?v=1771524672","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780792382454","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}