Guus Velders presented with ‘Montreal Protocol Ozone Award for scientific leadership’
"Velders papers were the foundation that inspired other scientists"
Prof Guus Velders and his team have been presented with a ‘Montreal Protocol Ozone Award for Scientific Leadership’’. "The Velders papers were the foundation that inspired other scientists to calculate and communicate the interlinkages of ozone with climate and the importance of phasing out ODSs and phasing-down HFCs”, according to the jury. The award ceremony was organized to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol.
“Articles published by the Velders team in between 2007 and 2015 contributed to improved understanding of the interlinkages between the Montreal Protocol regulations, ozone depletion and climate change”, the jury stated. “They provided the scientific basis for policy discussions resulting in the 2007 accelerated HCFC phase-out and the 2016 Kigali Amendment. The Velders papers inspired other scientific papers relating to an improved understanding of these interlinkages."
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Last year TIME Magazine named Velders as one of the 100 most influential people in the world for his work in establishing the basis for the global climate agreement that was signed in Kigali, Rwanda in October 2016. Velders works at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and is Professor by Special Appointment of ‘Air quality and climate interactions’ at the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU) of Utrecht University.
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