Tag cloud | Search results (25)added 7 September, 2010 « The ministerial meeting on climate finance that took place in Geneva last week focused on the new climate fund. On the side of the meeting, six European countries detailed their... » added 9 August, 2010 « Despite high expectations, the 175 nations attending the first round of UN climate talks on a new climate pact made little progress on drafting a text, but succeeded in "narrowing gaps" among parties in order to move up a gear in the neg... » added 28 July, 2010 « Some herald it as the end of climate-damaging HFCs; others warn of the 'green' substitute's toxicity » added 27 July, 2010 « UNITED NATIONS -- Starting today, the members of the Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) sit down to tackle arguably the most serious controversy since the beginning of the Kyoto Protocol system for offsetting greenhouse gas e... » added 23 July, 2010 « Existing carbon caps may be extended to 2013, and number of countries needed for deal may be lowered » added 19 July, 2010 « COLOMBO, July 17 (Xinhua) -- The Maldives is hosting an innovative meeting of developing and rich world countries that want strong international action on climate change, the Maidivian presidential office said on Saturday in a statement. » added 19 July, 2010 « (PARIS) - Germany, France and Britain on Thursday jointly called for the European Union to deepen its planned reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions from 20 to 30 percent by 2020. » added 15 June, 2010 « “There is already a wide array of safe and commercially proven HFC-free technologies available to meet nearly all those human needs that were formerly met by fluorocarbons... » added 15 June, 2010 « UNITED NATIONS -- A broad coalition of activists are charging that as much as a third of all Kyoto Protocol carbon offset credits ever sold to banks and governments could be illegitimate because they were generated by firms manipulating the market... » added 18 March, 2010 « The 27 Ministers for Environment gathered this week in Brussels to debate the EU strategy for environment and climate action in preparation of COP16 in Mexico at the end of this... » added 12 March, 2010 « The European Commission (EC) presented a new communication on climate change, urging for a swift implementation of the Copenhagen Accord. The EC wishes to integrate the Copenhag... » added 2 March, 2010 « TOKYO, March 1 (Kyodo)—Climate negotiators from about 30 countries and international organizations began exploring ways in a two-day informal meeting from Monday in Tokyo to advance talks to craft a new global framework to combat climate cha... » added 4 February, 2010 « A recently published study shows that HFC-23 controlled by the Kyoto Protocol still grows strongly. This fuels the argument that Kyoto is a failure and strengthens the need to p... » added 3 February, 2010 « With the rancour of the failed Copenhagen climate talks still fresh, the election of Scott Brown leaving President Obama without a super-majority in the Senate and doubts over the reputation of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (I... » added 2 February, 2010 « The Copenhagen accord required industrialised countries and rapidly emerging economies like India and China to formally notify their plans to act on carbon emissions by 31 Janua... » added 25 January, 2010 « New Delhi, Jan 24 : India, China, Brazil and South Africa Sunday announced their support to the Copenhagen Accord to combat climate change but emphasised it was a political rather than a legal agreement, which must feed into a legally binding glob... » added 19 January, 2010 « The Spanish EU presidency hosted an informal climate and energy Council of ministers in Seville last week end. Discussions focused on possible ways to kick-start economic recove... » added 13 January, 2010 « 2009 was a busy year for the environment. From the 2009 "International Year of Gorilla" to the "Seal the Deal!" campaign for the Copenhagen Climate Meeting in December, here is a brief overview of some of UNEP's activities ov... » added 22 December, 2009 « Brussels, 22 Dec. 2009. COP15 did not deliver. The Copenhagen Accord is shallow and does not list any concrete actions to be taken, nor does it comprise a roadmap or timeframe f... » added 5 November, 2009 « In the morning, delegates exchanged views on the proposals to amend the Montreal Protocol to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). During the afternoon, delegates discussed issues related to the Multilateral Fund (MLF), a proposal on institutional... » added 9 October, 2009 « At the Bangkok climate talks, formally ending today, the EU emerged as favourable to the position of the US and other nations that support the control of use and production of h... » added 18 September, 2009 « WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States, Canada and Mexico have proposed using an existing international protocol to reduce emissions of potent greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) used in refrigerators and air conditioners, the Stat... » added 7 July, 2009 « In Mexico, climate leaders have to reach a truly global deal in which all countries take on their fair share of the effort needed to prevent dangerous climate change.
The world... » added 1 July, 2009 « Fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases) gases are a family of chemicals that contain fluorine. Most F-gases are very powerful greenhouse gases which contribute to global warming whe... » added 24 June, 2009 «
BEYOND HFCs: A momentum to deliver on policies addressing climate change and global warming
Fluorinated gases (HFCs) are greenhouse gases that have been used by ... » | | 
