Sentences with phrase «curbing hydrofluorocarbons»

US President Obama and Chinese President XI have agreed to work together to combat climate change by curbing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)- super greenhouse gases with global warming potential hundreds and thousands times...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - US President Obama and Chinese President XI have agreed to work together to combat climate change by curbing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)- super greenhouse gases with global warming potential hundreds and thousands times higher than carbon dioxide (CO2).

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In an op - ed in the Financial Times yesterday, Secretary of State John Kerry pointed to efforts to curb the super-greenhouse gases hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) through an amendment to the Montreal Protocol as a place to help bridge the gap.

When world leaders reached a deal last month in Kigali to curb the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)-- planet - warming chemicals widely used in air conditioners and refrigerators — many boasted the move would prevent nearly 0.5 °C in warming by 2100.

China and Brazil, two of the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the world, have both made significant policy announcements to curb the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)-- super potent greenhouse gases — in advance of the upcoming Open - Ended Working Group (OEWG) meeting of the Montreal Protocol in Paris later this month.

NRDC asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to rehear and reverse a divided panel's August decision blocking the Environmental Protection Agency from curbing emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)-- powerful greenhouse gases with thousands of times the heat - trapping power of carbon dioxide.

China and Brazil, two of the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the world, have both made significant policy announcements to curb the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)...

At Kigali in Rwanda, 170 countries signed a deal to curb the use of hydrofluorocarbons, powerful greenhouse gases now used in refrigeration and other technologies.