Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 29, 2010
Led by the tiny Pacific island of the Federated States of Micronesia, a growing group of low-lying islands and other vulnerable countries are calling for fast action on the approximately 50% of global warming that is caused by pollutants other than carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). The next round of UN climate negotiations begins in Cancun today.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 22, 2011
HFCs are chemicals are potential substitutes for ozone-depleting and climate-warming CFCs and HCFCs currently being phased out under the Montreal Protocol treaty to protect the ozone layer. The Joint Task Force will submit its report by 1 August 2011. —Durwood Zaelke, President of the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 14, 2009
Current emissions of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) have already committed the planet to an increase in average surface temperature by the end of the century that may be above the critical threshold for tipping elements of the climate system into abrupt change with potentially irreversible and unmanageable consequences, the authors write.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 23, 2009
Alternative gases are available: the hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The increasing use of HFCs could significantly undo the climate benefits attained under the Montreal Protocol. Andersen (2009) The large contribution of projected HFC emissions to future climate forcing. Tags: Climate Change Policy. Velders, David W.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 30, 2010
The US, Canada, and Mexico have submitted a proposal to strengthen climate protection under the Montreal Protocol— the international treaty that phases out the production of a number of substances responsible for ozone depletion. Climate protection from the Montreal and Kyoto protocols. That would be one down, and five to go.
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