India has submitted an advance copy of an amendment proposal to the Montreal Protocol proposing a phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) ahead of a special meeting in Bangkok of the Open-Ended Working Group
At a meeting of the Parties of the Montreal Protocol in Paris, the international community has moved closer to a deal on eliminating hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). It will be important that the European Union now amends the Montreal Protocol in 2015 to provide reassurance on finance and technology to developing countries
Leading High Street retailers are being urged to do their bit for the climate by closing the door on open refrigerated display units. In our new report The Chilling Facts VI, we reveal that the take-up of climate-friendly refrigeration by supermarket chains is spreading faster and more widely than ever
The European Parliament has today adopted a compromise agreement struck in December to phase-down the use of a group of super greenhouse gases known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), or fluorinated gases (F-gases)
The European Union today struck a tentative deal to partially ban the use of a group of super greenhouse gases known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) used in refrigeration and air-conditioning.
As the annual international conference on climate change (CoP19) draws to a close in Warsaw, the Environmental Investigation Agency criticised India and Saudi Arabia for blocking an agreement which could prevent the release of up to 100 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by 2050