Vexing Problem of Ozone Depletion in International Environmental Law and Policy
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International Environmental Law and Policy
JOHN WARREN KINDTt
SAMUEL PYEATT MENEFEEt
SUMMARY
I. INTRODUCTION: HE WHO PEEPS THROUGH A HOLE MAY
SEE WHAT WILL VEX HIM .. ................................. 261
II. AN ENVIRONMENTAL OVERVIEW OF THE CONTROVERSY
INVOLVING POLLUTANTS AND THE OZONE LAYER ............... 262
A. Delimitation of Problems ................................. 262
B. Identification of Goals ................................... 267
C. Historical Background: Ozone Policy Initiatives Since 1974... 270
D. Trends and Conditioning Factors: The Convention for the
Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Protocol on Substances
That Deplete the Ozone Layer ............................ 277
E. Policy Alternatives and Recommendations: One May See
Day at a Little Hole, or A Reformulation of the Problem (The
Environmental Policy Dilemma) ........................ 290
m . CONCLUSION ............................................... 292
I. INTRODUCTION: HE WHO PEEPS THROUGH A HOLE MAY SEE WHAT
WILL VEX HIM'
This Article analyzes one of the most far-reaching environmental problems fac-
ing Mankind: the ozone hole over Antarctica2 and the concomitant unravelling
of the ozone safety net that protects the earth's atmosphere. Though ozone
t Professor, University of Illinois; A.B. 1972, College of William and Mary; J.D. 1976, M.B.A.
1977, University of Georgia; LL.M. 1978, S.J.D. 1981, University of Virginia.
t Senior Fellow, Center for Oceans Law and Policy and Senior Associate, Center for Law and
National Security; B.A. 1972, Yale University; Dip. Soc. Anth. 1973, B. Litt. 1975, Oxford Univer-
sity; J.D. 1981, Harvard Law School; LL.M. (Oceans) 1982, University of Virginia.
Dr. Benjamin P. Unger and Miss Margaret Aycock provided valuable assistance in locating source
materials.
The views expressed herein are those of the authors alone.
1. F. WILSON, THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH PROVERBS 618 (3d ed. 1970).
2. Solomon, Garcia, Rowland & Wuebbles, On the Depletion of Antarctic Ozone, 321 NATURE
755, 755 (1986) [hereinafter Antarctic Ozone]. See also Solomon, Rusch, Thomas & Eckman,
Comparison of Mesospheric Ozone Abundances Measured by the Solar Mesosphere Explorer and
Model Calculations, 10 GEOPHYSICAL RES. LErrERS 249 (Apr. 1983).](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.journals/tilj24&div=18&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)
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