IGSD

Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development

November 2015



Countries Agree to Use Montreal Protocol to Phase Down HFCs

November 6, 2015

The countries of the world agreed today to work together in 2016 to use the Montreal Protocol to eliminate the global warming contribution from one of the six main greenhouse gases by phasing down refrigerants called hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs. A long list of details are scheduled to be negotiated during a series of meetings next year during, both at an extraordinary Working Group… read more