Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen graced the World Ozone Day celebration in the capital, yesterday. Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen is the United Nation’s Environment Protection Ozone Ambassador.
To mark the day, Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen launched the guidelines for institutionalising paperless operations in government offices 2016.
A report on water risk scenarios and opportunities for resilient development was also launched.
Bhutan became the party to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of Ozone layer in 2004.
Bhutan has successfully phased out Chlorofluorocarbon in 2010 and is on track to phase out Hydrochlorocarbon.