# World Avoided: How Science & Policy Solved a Global Ozone Crisis

Imagine a world where a five-minute walk could give you a sunburn. This could have happened if not for the Montreal Protocol, signed in 1987. Scientist Paul Newman spoke about the current status of the ozone layer and prospects for the future.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2015
- By: Library Of Congress
- Genres: Science
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689799/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2021689799?play=1)