Part 1 Introduction: opening remarks, Lord Zuckerman; opening address - protecting the ozone layer, a challenge for the world community, Virginia Bottomley. Part 2 Ozone depletion: the beginnings of a problem, Ivar Isasen; numerical modeling state of knowledge of the ozone layer, Robert Watson. Part 3 Global warming: opening remarks, John Maddox; the greenhouse effect, Keith Shine; measurement and prediction of global warming, Tom Wigley; vulnerable ecosystems, Michael Oppenheimer. Part 4 International controls: the European dimension, Stanley Clinton-Davies; the Montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer, Peter Usher. Part 5 UV - induced cacinogenesis: photosensitive human syndromes and cellular defects in DNA repair, Colin Arlett; experimental photocarcinogenesis, Jan C. Van der Leun; the epidemiology of melanoma - its relation to ultraviolet light and ozone depletion, J.Mark Elwood. Part 6 Global consequences: effects of ultraviolet - nB radiation on terrestrial plants and marine orgnaisms, Robert C. Worrest and Lester D. Grant; consequences for human health of stratospheric ozone depletion, Robin Russell Jones. Part 7 Political aspects: alternatives to CFC's, C.E.Tane; environmental imperatives, Jonathan Porritt; ozone depletion - consumer choice, Rachel Waterhouse; priorities for research, David Warrilow. Part 8 Closing remarks, Lord Zuckerman.