World Ozone Day

16th of September, is celebrated as the World Ozone Day or the International Day for the preservation of the Ozone layer.

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The day highlights the importance of ozone layer in protecting the life on Earth.
Theme of the year 2024 is -“Montreal Protocol – Advancing Climate Action”.
PM Narendhra Modi inaugurated ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ initiative to promote a sustainable future and protect Mother Earth.
India also released its cooling action plan Indian Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) to phase out chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by 2037-38.
The Ozone Cell, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India has been celebrating World Ozone Day since 1995 at the National and State levels.

It is an integrated approach by the Ministry of Road and Transport, Highway, Ministry of Power, Urban Development and others to meet cooling requirements across the sectors.
Under the plan, the primary recommendation is to strengthen public mobility infrastructure like metro, trains and buses to discourage personal vehicles in Tier 2&3 cities and adopt potential low global warming potential (GWP) energy efficiency alternatives.
Furthermore, it has also recommended the Department of Science and Technology for research and development in the area of low refrigerant charge energy efficiency in Mobile Air Conditioning.
It has informed Bureau of Energy Efficiency to introduce testing agencies to provide realistic fuel efficiency and emissions profiles and green labelling systems for cars to promote efficient vehicles.

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