Preventing impacts of ultraviolet radiation

Description

Preventing impacts of ultraviolet radiation involves implementing protective measures to reduce human and environmental exposure to harmful UV rays. Essential actions include promoting the use of sunscreen, protective clothing, and sunglasses, encouraging shade-seeking behaviors, and regulating outdoor activities during peak UV periods. Additionally, strategies encompass public education campaigns, monitoring UV levels, and supporting policies that limit ozone-depleting substances, thereby mitigating health risks such as skin cancer, eye damage, and ecosystem disruption.

Implementation

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.

Agenda 21 recommends that states and international organizations should consider taking appropriate remedial measures in the fields of human health, agriculture and the marine environment, based on results of research on the effect of additional ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth's surface.