Global efforts to reduce super greenhouse gases took a step forward with the announcement this week by the UK Government that it had begun the ratification process for the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol.
The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) has released a new Resolution on Refrigeration that demonstrates commitment of 400 companies to swiftly phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). This is a very positive announcment and gives Montreal Protocol negotiators confidence that the global business community supports HFC phase down.
The stakes are high as the Montreal Protocol prepares for a series of meetings to agree a global phase-down of climate-harming hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the first major test of the Paris Climate Agreement and the global commitment “to pursue efforts to limit the [average global] temperature increase to 1.5° Celsius”
Since 2010, there has been a dramatic shift in the availability and effectiveness of HFC-free technologies, allowing progressive companies to significantly reduce their carbon footprint
Parties to the Montreal Protocol made concrete progress on hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in an Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG37) meeting in Geneva, but the pace of negotiations remains frustratingly slow
Our new report, Pathway to Adoption of a Global HFC Phase-Down in 2016, has been released to the 37th Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group of Parties to the Montreal Protocol. This Climate Campaign report urges early and enhanced action to reduce emissions of non-CO2 gases, with a focus on hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)