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Plans for the 2010 WMO/UNEP
Assessment of ozone Depletion
Ozone Research Managers Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland
May 19, 2008
2010 WMO/UNEP AssessmentCo-chairs:
Ayité-Lô Ajavon (Togo) John Pyle (UK)
Paul Newman (USA)A. R. Ravishankara (USA)
Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion:2010
Colour?
A Little Context: The Assessment Process
Important factors:1. The expertise of the authors.2. Critical reviews (multiple times) by expertsWhat the assessments are:State of science: What we know & what we don’t, framed in policy-useful terms.Scientific documents, prepared & reviewed by the expert communities.Assessed viewpoints, not reviews.“One-stop shopping”:
Science of the ozone layer; Impacts of ozone change; Technology/economics of options.Well-identified “customers”:
Governments (via the Montreal Protocol); Industry; Public; Science community
They don’t make policy recommendations.
They are not research-planning documents, nor do
they “push” research projects or needs.
They do identify gaps in information that may limit
informed decision-making.
No one assessment report is the “final word”.
Both policy and research are interactive endeavors.
What the assessments are not
Key ongoing issues
- Levels of ODS and trends
- Levels of ozone and its trends
- Our understanding of the atmospheric science
What is new in science
- The impact of climate change on ozone layer
recovery
- The impact of ozone layer changes on climate and
its changes
Key requests from the Parties to the Protocol
Contents
** Update “common questions”
Steps: Dates and Tasks
Overall Timetable & Some Notable Features
Draft outline completed.
Lead Authors, Coauthors establishedChapter outlines drafted
Early 2009: Lead Authors’ meeting (location?).
Late October: 1st drafts due; circulated for internal review.
End of 2009: Internal review meeting, Lead Authors,Steering Committee, and a few others. (Washington, USA?)
February 2006: 2nd drafts complete and mail peer review starts.
April: mail reviews due; third draft preparation begins.
Mid-May: Third draft due; distributed to Panel reviewers.
Summer 2010: Panel Review: (Les Diablerets, Switzerland ?)> Lead Authors & a few Coauthors.> ~30-40 reviewers.> Final decisions on chapters.> Completed Executive Summary.
Late July: Chapters completed.
30 December: preprint volume to UNEP for government distribution.
March 2011: final printed copies available
2009
2010
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Findings from the 2006 Assessment
Findings of the
Scientific Assessment Panel (SAP)
Ozone Research Managers Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland
May 19, 2008
2006 WMO/UNEP AssessmentCo-chairs:
Ayité-Lô Ajavon (Togo) Daniel L. Albritton (USA)* Robert T. Watson (USA)*
Scientific Steering Committee:Marie-Lise Chanin (France)
Susana Diaz (Argentina) John Pyle (United Kingdom)
A.R. Ravishankara (USA) Theodore G. Shepherd (Canada)
Please join me in thanking these two great individuals
Scientific Findings
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“There is even stronger evidence since the 2002 Assessment that the Montreal Protocol is working”
The Montreal Protocol is working
• Ozone-depleting substances are decreasing in the lower atmosphere (where they are emitted) as well as in the stratosphere where the ozone layer is
• The Montreal Protocol is working as intended
ODS Changes in the Lower Atmosphere ODS Changes in the Stratosphere
Ozone observations
There are early signs that the ozone layer is starting its expected recovery
2010
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Polar ozone changes
Polar ozone loss remains large and highly variable
• The Antarctic ozone hole will persist till around 2060-2075
• Arctic ozone levels are expected to return to pre-1980 values around 2050
• The annual variations are expected in the next decades
Ozone depleting substances
• Methyl chloroform and methyl bromide contributed most to the decline thus far; methyl chloroform will soon be insignificant in the atmosphere
• Halons peaked in the lower atmosphere around 1998 and are now decreasing
• Very short-lived halogenated (chlorine and bromine) substances are of greater importance than previously estimated
There are many contributors to the decrease in ODS:
Methyl Chloroform
Methyl Bromide, Halons
• Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) continue to increase in the atmosphere. In 2004 they contributed 6% to the lower atmospheric chlorine burden, compared to 5% in 2000.
• HCFC-22 is the most abundant of the HCFCs and is increasing at 3.2% per year.
HCFCs
HCFC-141b HCFC-142b
HCFC-22
ODS are decreasing & the ozone layer is starting its recovery
Climate change and ODSs will affect the future of ozone layer
Decreases in ODS emissions already achieved by MP is the dominant factor in return to pre-1980 values
But failure to continue compliance with the MP could delay or even prevent the recovery of the ozone layer
Global ozone layer (60oS-60oN) is expected to return to pre-1980 values around 2050
Return of ozone to pre-1980 levels
Benefits to the ozone layer of many options to further reduce ODS have been evaluated
Percent reductions in integrated Equivalent Effective Stratospheric Chlorine (EESC)
Evaluation of options
Science moves on!
The 2006 Assessment was one in a series- more to follow in the future.
Thanks to Daniel Albritton and Robert Watson for their leadership!
The new co-Chairs of the Scientific Assessment Panel:Prof. Ayité-Lô Ajavon (Togo)
Dr. Paul Newman (USA)
Prof. John Pyle (United Kingdom)
Dr. A. R. Ravishankara (USA)
Progress since SAP 2006 Report
To follow: What is new since the assessment?
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Thank you for your attention
The assessment reports
Executive summary
and Twenty Questions and Answers
All available upon request