Being Green - 13 JAN 23 - The Earth’s ozone layer with environmental lawyer Ernesta Swanepoel

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Twenty or 30 years ago, one of the most feared problems facing mankind was the increasingly large hole in the Earth’s ozone layer. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to environmental lawyer, Ernesta Swanepoel, about the good news that it is healing. A United Nations report published this week shows that, thanks to international action, the ozone layer is on track to be fully recovered across most of the world by 2040.

13 Jan English South Africa Health & Fitness

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