India’s stand on restricting the use of hydrofluorocarbons, a potent greenhouse gas, at the recent Vienna meeting highlights its concerns on consumption growth and availability of low-cost replacement technologies
After the euphoria of the Paris climate negotiations last year, a significantly important set of negotiations are underway, which will shape…Read More
India has proposed an amendment to the Montreal Protocol, to freeze developing countries’ HFC emissions by 2030-31 and then start phasing down. The authors find that this will be a major contributor to reducing India’s greenhouse gas emissions before 2050, but the really large emission mitigation from this source will happen only in the second half of the century
The Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) Phase-out Management Plan (HPMP) under the Montreal Protocol, agreed to by…Read more
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