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Press Alert: Countries Planning HFC Phase Down at Geneva Montreal Protocol Meetings Next Week

April 1, 2016

Representatives of the 197 countries arrive in Geneva next Monday for the first major initiative to protect the world’s climate since the historic Paris agreement last December. The Parties to the Montreal Protocol ozone treaty are meeting to finalize plans for a global phase down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the highly potent greenhouse gases used in refrigeration and air conditioning. read more