Protecting our sky while securing our future on World Ozone Day 2025

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : The theme for World Ozone Day 2025, From Science to Global Action, captures the scientific essence of the global ozone protection journey - remembering how the world united to respond after the 1970s to 1980s discovery that human-made chemicals had caused severe thinning of the ozone layer.
58% : Subsequently, nations from around the globe gathered 40 years ago, under the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone, where they agreed to take appropriate measures to protect the ozone layer.
58% : There have also been significant developments toward the reduction of carbon emissions as part of the Just Energy Transition - for instance, Minister George recently published the draft National Greenhouse Gas Carbon Budget and Mitigation Plan Regulations, which will facilitate South Africa's transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy and ensure compliance with international obligations.
53% : Another carbon emission reduction effort includes the stricter exemptions for Eskom power stations, where each facility has to adhere to stringent conditions to mitigate the impacts of non-compliance with the minimum emission standards, while balancing energy security, economic stability, and environmental protection.

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