This Assessment Update by the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (EEAP) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) addresses the interacting effects of changes in stratospheric ozone, solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation, and climate on the environment and human health. These include new modelling studies that confirm the benefits of the Montreal Protocol in protecting the stratospheric ozone layer and its role in maintaining a stable climate, both at low and high latitudes. We also provide an update on projected levels of solar UV-radiation during the twenty-first century. Potential environmental consequences of climate intervention scenarios are also briefly discussed, illustrating the large uncertainties of, for example, Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI). Modelling studies predict that, although SAI would cool the Earth's surface, other climate factors would be affected, including stratospheric ozone depletion and precipitation patterns. The contribution to global warmin...
| Authors | Neale, PJ; Hylander, S; Banaszak, AT; Häder, DP; Rose, KC; Vione, D; Wängberg, SÅ; Jansen, MAK; Busquets, R; Andersen, MPS; Madronich, S; Hanson, ML; Schikowski, T; Solomon, KR; Sulzberger, B; Wallington, TJ; Heikkilä, AM; Pandey, KK; Andrady, AL; Bruckman, LS; White, CC; Zhu, L; Bernhard, GH; Bais, A; Aucamp, PJ; Chiodo, G; Cordero, RR; Petropavlovskikh, I; Neale, RE; Olsen, CM; Hales, S; Lal, A; Lingham, G; Rhodes, LE; Young, AR; Robson, TM; Robinson, SA; Barnes, PW; Bornman, JF; Harper, AB; Lee, H; Calderón, RM; Ossola, R; Paul, ND; Revell, LE; Wang, QW; Zepp, RG |
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| Journal | Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology |
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| Date | 17/04/2025 |
| Grant ID | FB210018 | ANID/BASAL and Millennium Science Initiative; ICN2021_002 | ANID/BASAL and Millennium Science Initiative; ACT210046 | ANID ANILLO and FONDECYT; F1221122 | ANID ANILLO and FONDECYT; SR200100005 | ARC SRIEAS Grant Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future; SFI-MPS-SRM-00005217 | US Simons Foundation and European Commission; 101078127 | US Simons Foundation and European Commission |
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| URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=10.1007/s43630-025-00687-x |