Tag cloud | Search results (8)added 11 March, 2010 « British Member of Parliament (MP) Clive Efford launched a bill under the ten-minute rule motion on 9 March 2010 calling for a phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in supermark... » 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 17 December, 2009 « COPENHAGEN, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As Ministers meet in Copenhagen desperately seeking to find a set of meaningful mitigation actions, negotiators have provided the ray of hope in the form of a draft agreement to work with the Montreal... » 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 5 November, 2009 « The new Greenpeace report Business as Usual describes "five maximum points of danger" in the House and Senate climate bills. One of these pools of potential offsets are hydrofluorocarbons. » 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 17 July, 2009 « Geneva, 17 July 2009 – Greenpeace calls on Montreal Protocol signatories to follow the EU and Switzerland’s lead, opening the discussion to search for alternatives to phase out highly global warming gases used as refrigerants and known... » added 9 April, 2007 « A sharp rise in droughts, mass extinction, water shortages and diseases will be unavoidable if governments worldwide do not act quickly, according to the latest report on the effects of global warming issued by United Nations experts last week. » | | 
