Sentences with phrase «of hydrofluorocarbons»

The White House today announced a plan to reduce U.S. emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a potent greenhouse gas with 2400 times the climate impact of CO2.

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.

This text amends previous legilsations to: implement Australia's commitment to phase - down import, export and production of hydrofluorocarbons from 1 January 2018, in advance of the global...

Parties to the Montreal Protocol met last month in Vienna to negotiate a global phase down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), super-greenhouse gases that are thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Other options open to Obama include an aggressive phase - out of hydrofluorocarbons — refrigerants that are potent greenhouse gases — and plugging methane leaks (see «Fixing America's gas leak «-RRB-.

They also said Costco (cost) and Safeway (swy) previously settled cases over refrigerants, but that Trader Joe's accord is the EPA's first requiring repairs of hydrofluorocarbon leaks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The most important new measure proposed is a phase down in the supply of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the most widely used of the F gases.

They sidestepped the super wicked issues impeding restrictions of the greenhouse gas of greatest concern, carbon dioxide, and staff released a joint statement on plans to cut releases of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, a potent group of heat - trapping gases.

In the morning, plenary discussed issues related to the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) assessment of the climate benefits and financial implications of the hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) phase - down schedules in the amendment proposals as well as other matters.

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.

Additionally, the seven member countries of the Arctic Council «[urged] the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer to take action as soon as possible... to phase down the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons, which contribute to the warming of the Arctic region.»

The latest desperate move involves the agreement on the reduction of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC).

The Morristown, N.J. - based company is a leading manufacturer of hydrofluorocarbons, a potent greenhouse gas used in a variety of consumer products.

Last week, ACR issued the first verified carbon credits to EOS Climate for the reclamation and re-use of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants.

They agreed to endorse the World Bank's Zero Routine Flaring initiative to reduce wasteful burning of natural gas at production fields, and to reduce emissions of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, which are industrial gases with a high potential to trap the earth's heat.

LONDON: Banning the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)-- super greenhouse gases used in refrigeration — in supermarkets would be one of the cheapest and most effective ways of reducing greenhouse...

«Adopting an ambitious amendment to phase down the use and production of hydrofluorocarbons — or HFCs — is likely the single most important step that we could take at this moment to limit the warming of our planet,» Secretary of State John Kerry said in Kigali, in remarks before the passage of the agreement.

Parties to the Montreal Protocol met last month in Vienna to negotiate a global phase down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), super-greenhouse gases that are thousands...

WASHINGTON — After a brief but lively internal debate, the Obama administration has decided not to seek an immediate phase - out of hydrofluorocarbons (HFC's), a potent group of climate - warming gases, under a treaty aimed at protecting the ozone layer.

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.

A phase - down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) at the Montreal Protocol would rid the world of HFCs in the largest, fastest and most cost - effective mitigation option currently available.

The consumption and emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are projected to increase substantially in the coming decades in response to regulation of ozone depleting gases under the Montreal...

Emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)-- greenhouse gases used as alternatives to ODS chemicals — have rapidly increased, threatening to undo the Montreal Protocol's impressive environmental achievements.

LONDON: A coalition of European campaigners has issued an urgent plea to their governments to support ambitious measures to reduce the emission of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)-- super greenhouse gases used in cooling equipment.

Next week the European Parliament will vote on a new F - Gas Regulation — a piece of legislation with which EIA has been closely involved that will see the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in Europe reduced by almost 80 per cent by 2030.

LONDON: A coalition of European campaigners has issued an urgent plea to their governments to support ambitious measures to reduce the emission of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)-- super greenhouse gases used...

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.

In the build - up to 21st Conference of the Parties (CoP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Parties to the Montreal Protocol launched formal negotiations on one of the largest, fastest and most cost - effective global climate mitigation measures available — the phase down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

The California Air Resources Board has banned the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in new cooling equipment.

On 15 October 2016, in Kigali, the parties to the Montreal Protocol reached agreement at their 28th Meeting to phase down consumption and production of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are frequently used as substitutes for ozone - depleting substances (ODSs).

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.

The Kigali Amendment will come into force on January 1, 2019, and countries around the world will need to start cutting their consumption and production of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCS)-- potent greenhouse gases used in cooling and refrigeration.

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.

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.