Sentences with phrase «for hydrofluorocarbons»

The deal reached in Kigali, Rwanda, comes after years of wrangling over HFCs — short for hydrofluorocarbons — and could on its own prevent a 0.5 °C (0.9 °F) rise in temperature by 2100.

Not exact matches

To compound the problem, the liquids used for all this comfort — first chlorofluorocarbons and now hydrofluorocarbons — are super-strength greenhouse gases.

It's formula is C21H27FO6, making it a hydrofluorocarbon — a category of compounds perhaps best known for replacing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) when their role in the destruction of the ozone layer was discovered.

Tackling the problems raised by these potent pollutants — methane, black carbon, tropospheric ozone and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) chief among them — offers a glimmer of opportunity for saving the rapidly warming Arctic.

For the first time, the United States and China will work together and with other countries to use the expertise and institutions of the Montreal Protocol to phase down the consumption and production of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), among other forms of multilateral cooperation.

As Parties to Montreal Protocol negotiate a global agreement for an HFC phase - down this year, several safety standards and building codes are threatening to limit the climate ambition and effectiveness of this agreement by blocking the uptake of low global warming potential (GWP), energy efficient alternatives to hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)- based cooling around the world.

Vienna, Austria, 25 July 2016: Civil society organisations welcome the progress that has been made at the international negotiations for phasing down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) which ended on a high this weekend in Vienna.

The CAIT data set compiles data for the six main GHG gasses (carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)-RRB- from 185 countries over the period from 1990 — 2012.

Political momentum to combat climate change has grown remarkably since 195 adopted the Paris Agreement last December, with international agreements recently adopted for how to tackle emissions from aviation [1] and HFCs (Hydrofluorocarbons)[2].

The High - Level Segment (HLS) plenary met in the morning, where delegates continued hearing statements from Heads of Delegation, and participated in a ministerial roundtable, «Towards an Agreement on a hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) Amendment under the Montreal Protocol: Ensuring benefits for all.»

At the 36th OEWG, Parties have four amendment proposals to consider for negotiating a deal on a global phase - down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs); HFCs are a group of potent greenhouse gases used mainly in refrigeration and air - conditioning, with climate impacts hundreds to thousands of times higher than CO2.

While a plethora of climate related topics will be discussed at the conference, there is one thing we at EIA will be watching for: how soon will countries eliminate the use of the most potent greenhouse gases, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)?

As the leadership role for U.S. states on the global stage takes shape, super-pollutant hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) should be near the top of the list as the low - hanging fruit for these actors to address.

The work of the initiative therefore creates a direct intersect between three internationally agreed goals for the first time: the Paris Climate Agreement; the Sustainable Development Goals; and the Montreal Protocol's Kigali Amendment * — with one of the key goals of the amendment to limit consumption and production of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a potent greenhouse gas used widely in air conditioners and refrigerators.

Countries included in Annex B of the Protocol (most Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries and countries with economies in transition) agreed to reduce their human - induced heat - trapping gas (greenhouse gas) emissions (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride) by at least 5 % below 1990 levels in the commitment period 2008 to 2012.

Several developed countries will press for phasing out a set of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the main refrigerants used in refrigeration, air - conditioning, cold - chains, fire extinguishers, defence equipment and some modes of medical treatment.

This call to action is also an opportunity for policymakers to integrate the impact of a class of super GHGs, known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), into climate and health planning.

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.

The Montreal Protocol has a lot more to offer than a model for addressing global warming emissions, it is itself an important tool that urgently needs to be strengthened to harvest the «low hanging fruit» of phasing out hydrofluorocarbons (and HCFCs), the high global warming potential ODS alternatives with genuinely climate friendly natural refrigerant solutions.

The Hannaford grocery store will be the first in the country to use a CO2 transcritical system that will use carbon dioxide (CO2) as a refrigerant rather than HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons)-- super greenhouse gases thousands of times worse for the global climate than CO2.

Today, DuPont manufactures hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) as alternatives to CFCs for the air conditioning and refrigeration industries.

It is common for the foam manufacturing industry to use blowing agents that contain hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) which have high global warming potentials.

This increase has been driven by a 249 percent increase in emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) since 1990, as they have been widely used as a substitute for ozone - depleting substances.