RT null T1 The Montreal Protocol and Human Health: How Global Action Protects Us from the Ravages of Ultraviolet Radiation T2 Le Protocole de Montréal et la Santé Humaine: Comment une action mondiale nous protège des ravages du rayonnement ultraviolet T2 El Protocolo de Montreal y la Salud Humana: Cómo nos protege la acción mundial de los estragos de la radiación ultravioleta A1 United Nations Environment Programme, K1 ozone layer K1 health YR 2015 FD 2015 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/27170 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/27170 NO The booklet summarises current understanding of how changes in the ozone layer affect human health, not only in the world we livein but also in the ‘World Avoided’. That is the world we would have lived in had we failed to control ozone depleting substances. Byexamining the ‘World Avoided’ we clearly see, to echo the words of the Vienna Convention, the magnitude of the “harmful impact onhuman health and the environment” that we have prevented through the effective implementation of the Montreal Protocol. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 17, 2026