-Kigali Amendment to Montreal Protocol highlightedThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) on Wednesday, August 29, conducted a day-long training workshop aimed at creating massive awareness around the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol. The Montreal Protocol, which was amended on October 15, 2016, in Kigali, Rwanda, is another global commitment to stop climate change. Others want high tariff placed on the importation into the country of substances that deplete the ozone layer. He lauded GIZ for providing funding for the training which, according to him, is important to the health and safety of Liberians and also good for the environment. The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was designed to reduce the production and consumption of ozone depleting substances in order to reduce their abundance in the atmosphere.

Source: Daily Observer September 04, 2018 02:15 UTC