Photovoltaics and Citizens' Participation as Key Enablers of the Global Warming Mitigation ...

• Main Authors: Caneva, Silvia, Celik, Duygu, Lizarralde, Iban, Hamwi, Mikhail, Samir, Basma, Kromrey, Volker, Vedel, Dimitri, Lentzen, Linda, Schneller, Andreas, Fjornes, Jan, Anger, Kathrin, De Ferrari, Alice, Crippa, Claudia, Denny, Eleanor, Petrov, Ivan, Mulero, Sofia, Hernández Serrano, Alejandro, Lacoste, Iban, Regidor, Maria, Ruiz, Rodrigo, Oliveira, Rita, Brito, Nuno, Harder, Karl, Segon, Velimir, Šimek, Tijana, Costeniuc, Alexandru
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: WIP-Munich 2023
• Subjects: PV in the Energy Transition; Societal Challenges; Citizens’ Participation, Awareness; Antarc*; Antarctic; Arctic; Global warming
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.4229/eupvsec2023/5do.10.6; https://userarea.eupvsec.org/proceedings/EU-PVSEC-2023/5do.10.6

The UN Scientific Assessment Panel to the Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depleting Substances quadrennial assessment report confirms the phase out of nearly 99% of banned ozone-depleting substances. The Montreal Protocol was adopted in Montreal on 16 September 1987 with the aim of phasing out several groups of halogenated hydrocarbons to safeguard the ozone layer, leading to the recovery of the ozone layer in the upper stratosphere and decreasing human exposure to harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun. If current policies remain in place, the ozone layer is expected to recover to 1980 values by around 2066 over the Antarctic, by 2045 over the Arctic and by 2040 for the rest of the world. In addition to this extraordinary result, the Scientific Assessment Panel estimates avoiding 0.3–0.5°C of global warming by 2100 as consequence of the phase down of production and consumption of many hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which as halogenated hydrocarbons have been included in Montreal Protocol and are powerful climate ...