The Montreal Protocol was an agreement of 46 sovereign states to reduce the production of ozone-harming byproducts and protect the Earth’s natural ozone layer (UNEP). The agreement forced manufacturers to halt the production of goods created with chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)‚ an extremely damaging chemical vastly used at the time. Since its initial reception‚ the Montreal Protocol has been revised many times to account for new scientific discoveries
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MONTREAL PROTOCOL: The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer (a protocol to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer) is an international treaty designed to protect theozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible forozone depletion. The treaty was opened for signature on September 16‚ 1987‚ and entered into force on January 1‚ 1989‚ followed by a first meeting in Helsinki‚ May 1989. Since then‚ it has undergone
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Convention were not adequate . The Kyoto Protocol‚ adopted in Kyoto‚ Japan‚ on 11 December 1997‚ was a result of the ensuing negotiations to make the global response to climate change more effective. The UNFCCC defines the Kyoto Protocol
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What are the pros and cons of the Kyoto Protocol? Do you think it should be followed? Why‚ or why not? Kyoto Protocol was signed in 1997 in Kyoto‚ Japan‚ with the aim to reduce greenhouse gases emission and thus to conquer global warming. It came into force eventually on February 16‚ 2005 with 55 countries ratifying it. Apparently the effect of such agreement is distinctive in different states depending on the level of the emissions they have. Numerous supporters of the Protocol’s promotion
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1 Jesus of Montreal In the movie‚ Jesus of Montreal‚ Daniel experiences conflict between the institutional church and commercial media culture. The film parallels the life of Jesus‚ as the Passion Play and the film itself overlap. One of the major themes in the film is the decrease in traditional and spiritual culture in Quebec‚ and the increase in consumer culture where relationships don’t hold enough self-gratification and where human beings‚ especially artists‚ are turned into a world
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Of Montreal was born in Athens‚ Georgia in 1996. To start off‚ the band had one member‚ Kevin Barnes. Since 1996 the band underwent many changes in members‚ recording labels and musical context. Kevin Barnes had entirely wrote and recorded the first album‚ Cherry Peel on his own before even presenting it to the rest of the band‚ as he did with many albums to follow. Kevin had sent some of the tracks on Cherry Peel to a recording label called Bar/None Records‚ who had loved the songs and requested
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Standardised Testing Name: Institution: Abstract This paper explores two published books that touched on pros and cons of standardized testing in schools. Popham‚ (2001) and Sacks‚ (1999) suggest that through pros a student will have to pass certain tests to determine that he or she has acquired proficiency in various fields of study. According to the two authors‚ in cons the students who have mastery of the content‚ don’t show in the test; it mostly promotes teachers to teach tests and evaluate
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time periods. The two stories both have their pros and cons of the society that is being portrayed in the text. The pros of the societies in the stories are found more in “The Voter” than in “Tribal Scars”. This mainly has to do with the fact that the society in Achebe’s story was based in a more recent time which allowed for the society to be more far and democratic and this would be the most noticeable pro throughout the stories. Another pro for “The Voter” would be that almost all of the
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Pros and Cons of Economic Growth Fostering economic growth remains at the heart of any national government’s agenda. As such‚ governments have embraced numerous strategies aimed at promoting economic growth‚ such as forging alliances‚ signing business treaties‚ and becoming members to business alliances. Economic growth refers to an increase in a country’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or the value of the country’s national expenditure or output. While increasing economic growth has several
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Exercise 2‚ page 27 a. I think women are better listeners than men. | Pro (yes‚ for‚ good) | Con (no‚ against‚ bad) | 1. Women are nurturing by nature. | 1. Tend to get too emotional. | 2. Like to listen and be supportive. | 2. Don’t see a problem in sharing your personal issues with others. | 3. Care to know all details and facts‚ no matter how long it takes. | 3. Will tend to feel they know it all. | 4. Will give advice based on personal experiences. | 4. Can often talk endlessly
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