KIGALI, Rwanda — Negotiators from more than 170 countries on Saturday reached a legally binding accord to counter climate change by cutting the worldwide use of a powerful planet-warming chemical used in air-conditioners and refrigerators. The talks in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, did not draw the same spotlight as the climate change accord forged…
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KIGALI, Rwanda — Environmental groups early Saturday said nations have reached a deal to limit the use of greenhouse gases far more powerful than carbon dioxide as part of efforts to fight climate change. At issue are hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, which are used in air conditioners and refrigerators and have been described as the world’s…
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0A PATH TO PROGRESS The historic Kigali agreement provides an international plan that phases out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), gases used in air conditioners and refrigerators, which contribute to global warming. A historic agreement was reached Saturday morning when nearly 200 nations agreed to phase out a greenhouse gas over 10,000 times more powerful than carbon dioxide…
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0Kudos for doing the job, but now, for all our sakes, please depart. That’s the message the world has given to hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the chemicals that saved the ozone layer but turned out to be an escalating threat to the climate. HFCs became widely used in air conditioning and refrigeration after 1987, when the Montreal…
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0A new deal to reduce the use of powerful climate-changing chemicals will require Senate approval in the US, reports The jubilation and relief that flowed from United Nations climate talks in Rwanda over the weekend may be short-lived in the U.S., where legal experts say the agreement risks being blocked by Republican senators. Weary U.N.…
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