The Climate Crisis We Already Fixed (And What We Can Learn From It)

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The Montreal Protocol was an international agreement designed to stop the destruction of the ozone layer, and it worked. So why did this one succeed when so many other climate agreements failed? Today we take a look at the ozone situation, the science of why it's an issue, and how the Montreal Protocol is working to reverse the damage.

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - The Montreal Protocol
1:05 - CFC's and the Ozone Hole
2:58 - Tangent Cam
3:50 - The Uses of CFC's
4:52 - Ozone-Chlorine Chemistry
7:25 - Discovering The Ozone Hole
9:45 - Montreal Protocol Provisions
10:43 - Green (?) Alternatives
12:00 - Rage Cam
12:38 - Ozone Layer Recovery
13:30 - Why Was the Montreal Protocol Successful?
15:23 - What Can We Learn?
16:28 - Today's Sponsor - Brilliant