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In 1987, the world swapped ozone-destroying CFCs for safer refrigerants; nearly 40 years later, scientists found the switch had been quietly raining a forever chemical across the planetChemicals meant to protect the planet are now causing a new issue. Replacements for ozone-damaging CFCs are forming a stubborn chemical, TF...- India won't have to rely on foreign suppliers for new-gen refrigerant gases, says SRF's Ashish Bharat RamThe new refrigerants called hydrofluoroolefins, or HFOs, are quickly replacing older hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, in the USA and Europe as ...
- No environmental clearance for HFC production projects starting 2028: Environment ministryIndia will halt new hydrofluorocarbon production projects from January 1, 2028. This move aligns with the nation's commitment to the Kigali...
- India makes progress towards complete phase-out of Ozone-depleting HCFCsIndia has achieved significant progress in phasing out hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), exceeding Montreal Protocol targets by achieving 6...
- India has successfully phased out production, consumption of ozone depleting substances: MoS Choubey
- India has successfully phased out production, consumption of ozone depleting substances, says MoS ChoubeyReferring to Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, which was recently ratified by India, the minister said issues relating to minimisi...
- Today is World Ozone Day: Know its significanceThe day marks the anniversary of the Montreal Protocol which was signed to keep in check Ozone depleting substances.
- Cabinet approves ratification of Kigali amendment on hydrofluorocarbonsThe amendment -which India will now ratify - was adopted by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on October, 2016 at 28th Meeting of the Pa...
- India, US agree to amend Montreal Protocol to phase down HFCsSingh said in the original proposal put forward by India there was no freeze year, but "in the morning we had given a position that we can ...
- Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar stresses on research to combat climate changeEnvironment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that the challenge of climate change can be overcome with technology and research.
- India's proposal to amend Montreal protocol is unambitious: CSETerming India's proposal to amend the Montreal protocol as "unambitious", the Delhi-based green body CSE released a proposal that allows cu...
- Montreal Protocol helped slow down ozone depletionThe researchers suggest that the hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic would have grown in size by an additional 40 per cent by 2013.
- India wants HFC phase-down under Montreal Protocol, seeks 15 years' graceDeveloping countries, like US, Japna and EU nations, would phase down HFCs to an agreed level by 2050, as against the earlier deadline of 2...
- Reversing its previous position, India agrees to phase down potent climate-damaging refrigerant HFCsReversing its several years of opposition, India has, in a major decision relating to a global treaty, made a formal proposal to amend the ...
- India calls for political consensus on phasing down HFCs"Each country has its own Intended Nationally Determined Contributions. They are nationally determined, and of course not internationally d...
- India tight-lipped on the issue of hydrofluorocarbonsIndia did not clearly spell out its position on the issue of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) during a key UN conference in Paris.
- India refrains from opposing UN discussion on hydrofluorocarbonsIn a significant move, India today did not oppose participation in a discussion on the issue of harmful greenhouse gas hydrofluorocarbons (...
- India sticks to its stand on HFCThough the delegates from other countries agreed to retain the agenda item on proposed amendments to the Montreal Protocol, India refused t...
- India sticks to its stand on HFCIndian representatives, including senior officials from the ministry of environment and forests, are learnt to have reiterated New Delhi’s ...
- Countries to take stock of Montreal Protocol next weekThe UN asks countries to intensify action to eliminate the use of harmful hydrochlorofluorocarbons.
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