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World to Phase Out Potent Climate-Warming Refrigerants
October 17, 2016
World to Phase Out Potent Climate-Warming Refrigerants
KIGALI, Rwanda, October 17, 2016 (ENS) – Nearly 200 nations have struck a legally binding deal to limit greenhouse gases of high global warming potential used in refrigerators and air conditioners. The accord was reached during talks in the Rwandan capital late Friday, and announced on Saturday.
The agreed amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer phases down hydrofluorocarbon, HFC, compounds by 85 percent between now and 2047.
The result will be reduction of HFC emissions by more than 70 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent through 2050.
It is projected that the amendment will avoid up to 0.5 degrees Celsius of atmospheric warming, creating a big down payment on the Paris climate agreement that will take effect on November 4.
Read more at Environment News Service.
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